Hindu Worship
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- Hindu Worship
- Home Puja
- Private Puja Ritual
- 1 Mother Rises early and takes a bath. She puts on clean clothes and begins a fast which she keeps until ritual of worship has been completed
- 2 She prepares a quantity of Karah(pudding) and cleans the house
- 3She takes out an image of the chosen deity from the inner room and sets up the image on a wooden stool. No one in the household approaches the area unless they have removed shoes first
- 2 She prepares a quantity of Karah(pudding) and cleans the house
- 4 The image is bathed with water
- 5 She bows before the image and offers flowers and incense before it. She takes a quantity of red powder and apllies it to the forehead of the deity in the form of Tika. She ties a length of the sacred red thread known as moli around the waist of the image
- 6. Offers Prasad to the deity and the remaining food is distributed amongst members of her Household
- 5 She bows before the image and offers flowers and incense before it. She takes a quantity of red powder and apllies it to the forehead of the deity in the form of Tika. She ties a length of the sacred red thread known as moli around the waist of the image
- 1 Mother Rises early and takes a bath. She puts on clean clothes and begins a fast which she keeps until ritual of worship has been completed
- Public Puja Ritual
- 1. Mother of the house takes a bath and changes into clean clothes
- 2.She cleans the house then prepares the Prasad which is to be distributed after the Katha
- 3.The priest arrives and washes his hands. The priest then begins to prepare the mandala
- 4.The invited guests begin to arrive, the priest blows the conch to signify the beginning of the ritual. He ties a length or red moli to the mothers wrist
- 5. the priest recites the appropriate lines from the Sanskrit text. Various substances are offered such as rice, water, flower, incense. Ritual gestures such as bowing with folded hands are made to various symbols
- 6. The priest chants the Sanskrit verses and then explains the meaning to his listeners. After the reading Prasad is offered
- 5. the priest recites the appropriate lines from the Sanskrit text. Various substances are offered such as rice, water, flower, incense. Ritual gestures such as bowing with folded hands are made to various symbols
- 4.The invited guests begin to arrive, the priest blows the conch to signify the beginning of the ritual. He ties a length or red moli to the mothers wrist
- 3.The priest arrives and washes his hands. The priest then begins to prepare the mandala
- 2.She cleans the house then prepares the Prasad which is to be distributed after the Katha
- 1. Mother of the house takes a bath and changes into clean clothes
- Private Puja Ritual
- Havan/ Homa
- Meaning to offer, to present and to eat
- religious ceremony performed in temples and in homes that involves worship through the use of sacred fire
- Use of fire in worship is the most ancient of all rites, going back to the earliest Vedic times
- Havan ceremony involves a priest and a host(s) and guests sitting before the Kunda while mantras are recited.
- through the mantras, fire is asked to take the prayers and consumer offerings to the Devine
- Havan ceremony involves a priest and a host(s) and guests sitting before the Kunda while mantras are recited.
- Use of fire in worship is the most ancient of all rites, going back to the earliest Vedic times
- In ancient times it involved sacfrifice of horses, cows and goats, as well as gold, gems and other personal items into the fire
- Today it is a simplified ritual. Instead of animals, a sacrifice of rice or a kind of popery is used instead
- religious ceremony performed in temples and in homes that involves worship through the use of sacred fire
- described in detail in the Brahmanas
- Wood and clarified butter (ghee) are used as fuel
- Havan is a symbolic postal system
- The fire container is the postbox, fire is the postman, the items placed into the fire are the message and mantra is the means of address
- Meaning to offer, to present and to eat
- Home Puja
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