Ritualistic Worship and pooja items used in Ritualistic worship
Haldi, Kumkum, Gulal and Gandha
Haldi (Turmeric) being a tuber which grows below the surface of earth, the waves of...
Fragrance
Fragrance and sound please the Deities. As the waves of fragrance are associated with the...
Importance of Waterof the seven Holy rivers in ritualistic...
The seven rivers referred to, are the Holy rivers Ganga, Godavari, Narmada, Kaveri, Krushna, Brahmaputra...
Cotton vastra and Janeu (Sacred thread)
The cotton vastra represents the Sushumnanadi of the Kundalini and the seven cotton beads in...
Patri
It is beneficial to offer the patri (Specific leaves offered during worship) of those flower...
Flowers offered to Deity
When flowers associated with a Deity are offered to that Deity, for example red flowers...
Ritual of offering dakshina(Offering in cash or kind)
By offering dakshina, a virtue of sacrifice develops in the individual. From sacrifice, detachment develops...
Importance of Rangoli and Panchagavya
Drawing a rangoli in a sattvik pattern around a wooden platform or altar before commencing...
Qualities to be learnt from the substances used in...
Read about the qualities to be learnt from the substances used in Puja (Ritualistic worship)
Akshata
Akshata has the ability to attract frequencies of 5 Deities, to activate them, make them...
Offering Naivedya (Food offeredto the Deity as part of...
The food items to be offered to each Deity are predetermined. It is said that...
Importance of the substances used in ritualistic worship
Read information about how the substances should be arranged in the ritualistic platter and spiritual...
Substances used in puja and arrangement of implements
We will read about substances used in puja and arrangement of implements (like naivedya, conch,...
Temple at home
How should the Deities be arranged in a temple...
The temple at home is made with the intention that the worshipper gets maximum Chaitanya...
Prayer
Some prayers which are useful to awaken bhav (Spiritual...
Prayer means pleading fervently from God. In other words, it is asking God for something...
Significance of prayer experienced by Non-Hindus
Westerners and Hollywood film stars taking up Hinduism as their religion, after realizing the importance...
How to offer Prayer !
Saying a specific prayer to a particular deity actually enhances our faith in the presence...
Importance and benefits of Prayer
Praying is essential for understanding God and for perceiving His existence through our body, mind...
How should we pray?
Let us understand how to pray, whom to pray, where to pray and the various...
Why should a prayer be done for expressing gratitude?
Prayer is actually a synonym for surrender. This act of surrender is completed only after...
Aukshan
Importance and spiritual science of performing Aukshan
This article speaks in detail about the ritual of aukshan (A ritual of waving lit...
Requisites and the method of aukshan
Let us understand about the objects required for aukshan, their arrangement in the ritualistic platter...
Birthday
Celebrating birthday as per Hindu Dharma
Nowadays birthdays are celebrated as per the Gregorian calendar. Probably many of us do not...
Method of celebrating birthday
Celebrating birthday helps in protecting us from negative energies. Let us understand how to obtain...
Acts prohibited on a birthday and the underlying spiritual...
Birthdays celebrated as per tithi (a lunar day) are very pious, because we receive a...
