- Puja- the daily ritual that involves worshiping in a sacred corner or room of one's home. It is performed in order to keep Hindus aware of their family gods and of their individual duties. There are 3 steps to this ritual:
- Darshana- seeing the family deity in which there is a small statue or picture in sacred area.
- Worship of the god through offerings of flowers, fruits, or cooked food.
- Retrieving and consuming the blessed food. This is believed to bring the person closer to the diety.
- Meditation- Some Hindus ignore the gods and seek Realization of the Self with intense meditating.
- Singing devotional hyms
- Reciting scriptures
- Division between purity and pollution
- Sacrifice and concept of merit- being charitable and doing good works that will over time accumulate to build a better like in the next life.
Special Occasion Rituals:
- Annaprashan- a baby's first intake of solid food
- Upanayanam- "sacred thread ceremony" undergone by upper-caste youths. Rite of passage
- Shraadh -treating people to feasts in the name of the deceased
http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/religion/hinduism/Rituals.htm
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