Devotees offer Kumkum while worshipping Shakti and Lakshmi. It helps us to embrace the blessings from them. During ... Read more

We can use betel nut in a ritual while we are establishing a deity. It is ritualistic to chant mantras while ... Read more

From simple household benefits to spreading happiness and divine blessings into our lives, camphor is ... Read more

Ghee can improve our spiritual experience. It is because ghee focuses on Tej Tatva or the absolute fire principle ... Read more

Yajmana is a householder who acts as the patron of a puja or a yajna. Yajmaan is the head of a family who performs ... Read more

Prasada is the food or water offered to the deity while worshipping or conducting puja. It was only through Shiva Purana ... Read more

The significance of flowers in puja becomes clear from the etymology of the word puja. It is always essential to provide ... Read more

Prana Prathishta is the sacred science of consecration, a ritual meant to introduce life into a Murthi (deity idol) ... Read more

Muhurta is a Sanskrit word derived from - Muhu and Rta. Muhu means immediate or a moment, and Rta refers to an order ... Read more

Kalash represents abundance and wisdom. Hindu deities, including Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva, and Goddess Lakshmi, hold a Kalash... Read more

Sankalpa means ‘intention’ formed by the heart and mind. When you take a sankalpa, you simply invite the universe ... Read more

Maulis are mostly a combination of red and yellow threads. Red is a representation of long life and protection ... Read more

They are the finest offerings any devotee can make during a puja. Akshata refers to the unbroken uncooked rice ... Read more

Achamanam is a purification process done with the aid of water. The water used for Achamanam should be pure ... Read more

Aarti is the ceremony of lights. The Aarti is one of the most important Hindu religious rituals of worship done at specific ... Read more

Mangal Dosha or Kuja Dosha occurs when Mangal or Mars ascends in the first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth, or twelfth house ... Read more

Shani sadesati is a seven and a half year-long period in our lives when Shani or Saturn moves from the 12th house to the ... Read more

Chandal Dosh is formed when either the Rahu or Ketu planet sits along with Jupiter in the same house of a horoscope. It is also ... Read more

Chandra dosha is one of major dosha which affects the human body and mind to a great extent. When Moon is ill-positioned ... Read more

Kaal Sarp Dosha is formed in a horoscope when all seven planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars) are ... Read more

Vaastu Dosh means an imbalance of the energies in the house. Every house is full of energy and if the construction ... Read more

Pitru Dosh is formed in the horoscope of a person when his/her forefathers have committed any mistakes, crimes, or sins ... Read more

A horoscope that shows Moon (Chandra) in conjunction with Saturn (Shani) in any house then it is known as ... Read more

​An analysis of the vedic birth chart is not necessary to have a puja performed, or to receive the benefit of any puja ... Read more

Homa is a sacred fire ritual done in the Vedic Hindu tradition. Homa is a technique given by the Rishis and other ... Read more

Puja is ritualistic worship of the Divine performed to keep us in harmony with cosmic forces, thereby removing and overcoming ... Read more