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After the Roopakalam is drawn, a family member who is a priest performs a puja. This is followed by a sacred ritual dance by the priest around the kalam, accompanied by music. The dancer then erases the kalam using coconut palm leaves. The coloured powders are subsequently distributed to the devotees after the ritual. [citation needed]
The two main areas where puja is performed are in the home and at temples to mark certain stages of life, events or some festivals such as Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Janmashtami, and Lakshmi Puja. [6] Puja is not mandatory in Hinduism. It may be a routine daily affair for some Hindus, a periodic ritual for some, and rare for other Hindus.
The priests of this temple who perform pooja according to Saktheya injunctions in this temple are Pidarar Brahmins. Meat and alcohol is a core feature of worship in this temple, and the priests are by necessity non-vegetarian. There are five Moosad families residing around the Sri Valayanad Kavu.
The puja is described in the Skanda Purana, [1] a medieval era Sanskrit text. [2] [3] According to Madhuri Yadlapati, the Satyanarayana Puja is an archetypal example of how "the Hindu puja facilitates the intimacy of devotional worship while enabling a humble sense of participating gratefully in a larger sacred world". [4]
Panchayatana puja (IAST Pañcāyatana pūjā) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four major sampradaya of Hinduism. [1] It consists of the worship of five deities set in a quincunx pattern, [ 2 ] the five deities being Ganesha , Adi Shakti , Shiva , Vishnu and Surya .
It is done on a variety of occasions and settings, from daily puja done in the home, to temple ceremonies and large festivals, or to begin a new venture. [4] A priest determines the timing of puja by consulting the pancanga (ritual calendar), which indicates auspicious dates and times for religious ceremonies. [5]
Veda pathashala students doing sandhyavandanam at Nachiyar Kovil, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. Sandhyavandanam (Sanskrit: सन्ध्यावन्दनम् ...
At home, the festival preparation includes purchases such as puja items or accessories a few days in advance and booking the Ganesh murti as early as a month beforehand (from local artisans). The murti is brought home either a day before or on the day of the Ganesh Chaturthi itself.