Puja (Hinduism)

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Puja (Sanskrit: पूजा, romanized: pūjā) is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event. It may honour or celebrate the presence of special guests, or their memories after they die. The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. Puja, the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is a central ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the worshipper. The interaction between human and deity, or between human and guru, is called darshanam. In Hindu practice, puja is performed on a variety of occasions, frequencies, and settings. It may take the form of a daily puja done in the home, or it may be performed in occasional temple ceremonies and annual festivals. In other cases, puja is held to mark events in the course of a worshipper's life...

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