
The word Puja is Sanskrit - meaning reverence, honour, homage, adoration and worship.
Puja - The Hindu Vedic Ritual
Importance of Puja
- Puja
As per literal interpretation pū refers to the purification process, a cleansing act to make auspicious, in the spiritual sense it means to expiate or atone for. Ja means birth. Combined it means a ritual process that cleanses or purifies the birth or life of a person and makes him pious through the process of worship.
- Worship
During a Puja, we often repeat sacred stotras/verses/mantras that help us connect with the divine/god and make our mind peaceful. Puja is the single most essential ritual of hinduism. It’s symbolic means of showing complete devotion to the deity and complete surrender of one’s own self at the altar as a mark of worship and devotion. It’s believed that the prasad has divine healing power, the bringer of good fortune and impunity from illness and evil vibes.



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