Puja

Puja is a Hindu ritual of offering prayers, offerings, and devotion to deities, aimed at seeking their blessings and expressing reverence. It typically involves chanting mantras, presenting flowers, fruits, and incense, and sometimes involves ceremonial bathing or dressing of an idol. Puja can be performed individually at home or collectively in temples, varying in complexity. It serves as a spiritual connection, a means to honor divine qualities, and to invoke protection, prosperity, or peace. The practice emphasizes devotion, gratitude, and the personal relationship between the devotee and the divine.