Worship in Temples
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- Hindu Worship: Temples/ Mandirs
- Significance
- each Mandir is the dwelling place for an image of god (murti) on earth
- Hindus may visit the temple once a week, once a month or on important festival days
- It is normally open every day, morning to night
- when people visit the temple there is various things they can do: Wash their hands and feet as they enter.
- they might make an offering of fruit or flowers to one of the deities
- walking in a circle around an image or around the entire temple
- they might make an offering of fruit or flowers to one of the deities
- when people visit the temple there is various things they can do: Wash their hands and feet as they enter.
- Individual Hindus and Hindu families also visit the temple to have Darshan (view or glimpse) of the deity/God .-> this is considered as a great blessing
- It is normally open every day, morning to night
- People may call in at any time to offer their devotion or offering of food or money
- They may also attend art ceremonies performed everyday. Temples may also be used for weddings and other life cycle rituals
- On a child's birthday, the priest may perform a special puja for the child
- Public aspect of temple worship can be seen on festival days
- Northern Indian Architecture
- The multi is installed in the garbhagriha
- the devotees that come to worship Stand infant of the shrine
- An assembly room with a roof and pillars was built- called the mandapa
- Tallest part of the temple= Sikhara- above the inner sanctum and multi
- Many temples have circular paths around the inner sanctum, so that the worshippers can circumumbulate the deity
- An assembly room with a roof and pillars was built- called the mandapa
- Larger temples have separate dancehall, halls of offering and shrines for consorts of the main deity being worshipped
- A separate shrine in the front porch houses the deitys vehicle e.g. Bull or eagle
- the devotees that come to worship Stand infant of the shrine
- directly above the inner sanctum is a tapering tower called shikara
- The whole shrine containing the garbhagriha is called the banana, which refers to the heavenly chariots of deities referenced in mythology
- The multi is installed in the garbhagriha
- Southern Indian Architecture
- Tall towers in the form of truncated pyramids
- 3 or 4 concentric arches in the temple complex, the main shrine being in the innermost square
- Between each square is an open courtyard called a prakaram where various small shrines are set into boundary walls
- The spire above the shrine is short, it can also be a dome
- Concept
- Mandir is traditionallyregarded as the house of God
- Although God pervades all of creation and can be worshippedanytime and I'm many places, God's presence manifests in a special way in the Mandir
- Many hindus believe that divine cosmic energy is concentrated within the temple walls especially in the images
- by Worshipping in the temple, the hindu is affirming the presence of the divine and so is helped to feel sustained by the power and energy found in the temple
- Temple is seen as a link between the human and the divine. Helps worshipper cross the bridge from daily life to divine life
- Mandir is traditionallyregarded as the house of God
- Significance
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