Laksmipuja life -The HinduWill worship

Laksmipuja, life in English, or POOJA, is a kind of to the Hindu deities worshipped common ceremony, laksmipuja ceremony must be held by a priest.Sometimes for important religious leaders, clergy, especially important guests held this puja.

Laksmipuja life ceremony, the faithful through prayer or to show respect for the worship of god and also as a means of communicating with god.Hindus held by and join the sutra, and mark themselves to one or several gods or important religious leader worship and beliefs, and to get a blessing from god and bless.In South Asia, especially India, there are many women use life for its own name.

In India, and ordinary Hindu family day weektempleRegular sutra is the life of two main types of occasions.All kinds of festivals also have large puja ceremony, you can see they will hold a variety of sizes.Folk often have organic law will attract many christians to participate in the chant and worship the Hindu god together.In major festivals such as di tile section (i.e., diwali) and difficult to close to god day, mother and daughter's ng ceremony would be grand, respectively be Lakshmi life and Durga life.

Voices, having laksmipuja ceremony the Saraswati life

Laksmipuja ceremony believers gods will be carried out after adornment temple parade to celebrate, and dedication of flowers, such as coconut powder, tiffany card offerings.Finally, by the priests, hand-held lamp, in front of the statue of "Allah (arati)" to sing that correspond to the worship of god of prayer or religious hymns.The Om Jai Jagadish Hare "which is a more famous laksmipuja (life) ceremonial hymn.In many Hindu temple, rose has a vast, Yang temple Swaminarayan, Mandirs, singing songs is "Jay Sadguru Swami".Most of the temples are in will's ng ceremony was held after we carry intoned, at least twice a day, singing scene is when the largest number of people in the process of the entire holiday or week.

"Allah" in the process, believers cover with your hand lightly in the hands of the priest lights, and then touch on my eyes, on behalf of to accept the power of the gods.Usually at the end of the laksmipuja ceremony, believers can be assigned to the flowers, some sacrifice, powder or water, is called "Paula sand (Prasada)".So in India, as long as see the indians out of the temple worship, his forehead almost were coated with red or white powder.

In addition, there are also buddhist religious activities at the ceremony.

Hindu ng ceremony's main program steps (week) :

1. Invite god (gods) to the scene of the liturgy.Avahana (" invocation "). The deity is invited to The taking.

2. Please god into the statue.Asana. The deity is offered a seat.

3. Ask the fairy to success or failure of the journey.Svagata (" greeting "). The deity is asked if The journey has gone well.

4. The statue of the foot bath.Padya. The deity's feet are symbolically washed.

5. Provide water or milk held against the face"Brush your teeth”。Arghya. Water is offered so the deity may wash face and teeth.

6. Water the gods.Acaman?Ya. Water is offered for sipping.

7. To the celestial drink sugar water, honey.Madhuparka. The deity is offered a water - and - honey ultimately responds.

8. Take water for godsTake a shower。Snana or abhisekha. Water is offered for symbolic bathing.

9. Dress gods decorations to dress up like gods.Vastra (" clothing "). Here a cloth may be wrapped around the image and ornaments affixed to it.

10. Sprinkle spices held against the adornment such as perfume.Anulepana or gandha. Perfumes and ointments are applied to the image.

11. Against the wreath, garland.Puspa. Flowers are offered before the image, or garlands draped around its neck.

12. Burn incense in front of the gods.Dhupa. Incense is burned before the image.

13. We mention the lamp lit and show in front of the gods.D?Pa or arati. A'm lamp is waved in front of the image.

14. For the fairy to provide all kinds of food, such as rice, fruits, butter, candy, desserts, betel leaves, etc.Naivedya or prasada. Foods to the as cooked rice, fruit, clarified butter, sugar, and betel leaf are offered.

15. Worshippers bow to gods or bow down to show respect.Namaskara or pranama. The worshiper and family bow or prostrate more before The image to offer homage.

16. To god.Visarjana or udvasana. The deity is dismissed.

Unique Hindu worship

Hinduism has never been prescribed invariable with Christianity or Judaism quite unified liturgy.Devout hindus every day in every Hindu family has simple altar reciting prayers, they may have to India the ubiquitous in the charge of called the priests and the people of a temple in prayer or donations of food and flowers.But there is no fixed rigid ceremony, no fixed ordination appointed or clerical duties, no special Christian like Sunday, jewish or Muslim Sabbath Friday as a religious holiday for one week.In religious ceremonies, as the court clerk, and is mainly composed of Sanskrit as part of the vedas and the narrative poem recitation, is the highest level brahman caste members, they are also the funeral and weddings, bar mitzvahs and generation of people pray to god, the only practitioner.These undoubtedly is the function of the priest, however, does not require execution shall be as intermediaries between god and the vulgar.All members of the Hindu brahman is not a priest, although the Hindu temples and accept the priest management offerings, but they are not nearly as formally appointed as Christianity or Judaism.

DURGA goddess DURGA (life) will live

The holy city of varanasi puja

Varanasi and flow from the south to the north of the Ganges river, from the Banks of the river upstream to the downstream, there are about 20 different names "gath" (Ghat)."Gath" altar is terminal river, here every altar a river has different landscape, functions, and religious significance.Is one of the most close to the center of the old town of sass tile MeiDuo river altar (Dasashwamedh Ghat), is the largest and most important river in it.It is composed of five rectangular stone machine, middle big master station, on each side, there are two small points.To varanasi absolutely not to be missed is held here every evening ceremony of life, although there are a few along the Ganges river places also have life rituals, but only the biggest river at the altar.

Presided over every night at dusk, the sunset before it gets dark, the life of the priests began to clean the flush of sass MeiDuo river altar, and put the ceremony with gods lights multiplier all sorts of items, such as showering after decorate good shrines.The night, the river altar was illuminated, christians and tourists gathered in succession, respectively to find the place, or sitting or standing.Five red tunics wai Bai Ji cage under each pick a spectator in the crowd to the priest shrines light a lamp, at this time, the people know the ceremony is about to begin.Shrines several two huge light above the shelf system with two rope by sitting in shrines recently.Is said to have been singled out to point the lamp and the two are blessed by the priest, but both are not easy to live, as if in the performance of the priests, shall not be careless.Points are the wind blows out the lamp to be careful, that bad luck;Bell looks be like simple, actually harder, from life to end to pull in more than an hour, the bell also cannot little, wrist to your strength, you cannot make a absolutely.

With grand ceremony of Indian Hindu festival:

Main article: List of Hindu festivals

Saraswati Puja

Maha Shivaratri

Holi

Rath Yatra/Jagannath Puja

Raksha Bandhan

Durga Puja

Deepavali/Diwali/Lakshmi Puja

Kali Puja

Narayana Puja

Ganesh Puja

Manusha Puja