How to Perform Puja (with Pictures)

2025 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 13:28

In the holy scripture Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna states:

Patram pushpam phalam toyam

yo me bhaktya prayacchati tad aham bhakty-upahritam

ashnami prayatatmanah"

"He who offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water with love and devotion, I will accept with all my heart." Hinduism as a religion brings together all kinds of people, whether they believe in a God with a form or without. It is believed that God can be reached through ritualized worship, meditation, or even by repeating sacred names aloud. Worship rituals can be complex, lasting up to several hours and include the recitation of mantras, offerings of Prasadam (sacred food) and Harati (waving lanterns), or they can be very simple and involve the offering of a simple leaf of Tulasi (holy basil) or Bael (for Shiva) and the offering of Prasadam. Worship rituals suffice for some, but others may be better off meditating or reciting his name. It goes without saying that any form of worship requires a pure and steadfast mind that is focused on God and the Dharma and rejects sin.

Steps

Step 1. Make sure you have all the necessary materials listed in the Things You Will Need section

Step 2. Purify yourself with a bath

As you bathe, say the names of the Lord. An ordinary bath only cleans us outwardly, but if in the meantime we recite the names of the Lord, our mind, body and soul are purified (trikarana shuddi).

Step 3. Draw a tilaka (urdhva pundra) or bhasma on your forehead

Step 4. Light the lantern and place akshata or flowers at the base

Step 5. Blow three times on the shell (shanka)

Making the shell ring is an auspicious gesture, it is an invitation to the divinity and chases away evil.

Step 6. Ring the bell (ghanta)

If you don't have a conch, you can also just ring the bell.

Step 7. An idol owner can perform the worship ritual in the prescribed manner

Those who do not have time or do not want to do it or have an image of divinity can do it mentally.

Step 8. Keep some water in a clean container

Step 9. Invite the deity to sit opposite you (aasana)

Step 10. Offer water to wash his sacred lotus feet (paadhya)

Step 11. Offer water to wash the sacred lotus hands of divinity (arghya)

Step 12. Offer water to quench the divinity (acamana)

Step 13. Undress the deity, or wrap it in a white cloth like a dhoti

Step 14. Wash the divinity by reciting mantras

Step 15. First:

Waterfall

Step 16. Second:

Milk

Step 17. Third:

Yogurt

Step 18. Fourth:

Ghee (clarified butter)

Step 19. Fifth:

Honey

Step 20. Sixth:

Sugar

Step 21. Collect these six ingredients in a bowl and set them aside until the puja is finished

Step 22. Next, bathe the divinity with these six materials in sequence, one after the other:

Step 23. Ganges water

Step 24. Water charged with Mantras

Step 25. Coconut water

Step 26. Rose water

Step 27. Juice from different seasonal fruits

Step 28. Liquefied sandalwood paste

Step 29. Turmeric mixed with liquefied (but thick) yogurt

Step 30. Vibhuthi Ash

Step 31. Water to finish

Step 32. Cleanse the deity and dress her in clean clothes and decorations

Step 33. Offer flowers by reciting mantras

34 Offer incense

35 Offer prasadam to the deity

36 Light the wicks and show the harathi to the deity

37 Walk three times around the deity in a clockwise direction

38 Play the Shanka three times

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