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...

Look up pooja or puja in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Puja or Pooja may refer to: Puja (Hinduism), a ritual of devotional worship, to host and honour...

Kanyā Pūjā or Kumārī Pūjā, is a Hindu holy ritual, carried out especially on the Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day) of the Navaratri festival...

Māgha Pūjā is held on the full moon day. In a leap year, the celebration will be postponed to the full moon day of the fourth lunar month. Māgha Pūjā day...

Durga Puja (ISO: Durgā Pūjā), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and...

very little information about how the pūjā should actually be performed, unlike the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa. The puja narrates the Satyanarayana Katha (story)...

A puja thali (Sanskrit: पूजा थाली, romanized: Pūjā thālī, lit. 'prayer plate') is a tray or large container on which puja materials are accumulated and...

Panchayatana puja (IAST Pañcāyatana pūjā) also known as Pancha Devi Deva Puja is a system of puja (worship) in the Smarta sampradaya, which is one of four...

Puja Kolluru is a filmmaker from the Telugu film industry. She has garnered attention for her directorial debut, Martin Luther King a 2023 Indian Telugu-language...

Ayudha Puja (Sanskrit: आयुध पूजा, romanized: Āyudha Pūjā, lit. 'worship of tools') is a Hindu observance that falls on the ninth day of the bright half...

Āsāḷha Pūjā (Thai: อาสาฬหบูชา) is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the Āsādha month. It is celebrated...

Puja Banerjee, (born 6 February 1987) also sometimes credited as Pooja Bose or simply Pooja, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Bengali...

Vishvakarma Puja (Sanskrit: विश्वकर्मापूजा, romanized: Viśvakarmāpūjā), also rendered Vishvakarma Jayanti, is a Hindu observance dedicated to Vishvakarma...

Puja Joshi (Born-28 June 1992) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for her role of Charu Shashtri in Gujarati SitCom Aa Family Comedy Che...

Puja Gupta is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She predominantly works in Hindi films. She won the title of Femina Miss India in...

Puja Cherry Roy (born 20 August 2000) is a Bangladeshi film actress and model. She debuted as a child actress in the film Bhalobashar Rong (2012) but her...

Charak Puja or Pachamara Mela (also known as Chadak, Nil Puja or Hajrha Puja) is part of the Hindu folk festival of Gajan, held in honor of the deity...

Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Sanskrit:लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali:লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Romanised:Lakṣmī Pūjā/Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of...

000 Barowari pujas in Kolkata in 2022. More than 200 pujas were organized in the city with a budget of over one crore rupees. Durga Puja in Kolkata has...

Lakshmi Puja and the darkest night of the traditional month. In some parts of India, the day after Lakshmi Puja is marked with the Govardhan Puja and Balipratipada...

cities including Kathmandu Valley, Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta. During Chhath Puja, prayers are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya: to show gratitude for bestowing...

romanized: Vasanta Pañcamī), also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation...

Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pūjā), also known as Annakut or Annakoot (meaning a “mountain of food”), is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first...

Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu...

Ker puja is a festival held in Tripura, India. Performance of the puja, which is typically held in August, benefits the people and the state. The celebration...

Shiva Puja in Hinduism is the way by which one worships Shiva through traditional and ancient rites with the use of mantra, tantra, yantra, kriyas, mudras...

Traditional chants in Pali, when offering lit candles (padīpa pūjā) and incense (sugandha pūjā) to an image of the Buddha are: Similarly, a traditional Pali...

Ram Ki Shakti Puja (ISO: Rām kī Śakti Pūjā lit. 'Rama's worship of Shakti') is a poem in Hindi by Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'. It was published in 1937...

Mha Pujā (Newar Script: 𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐥𑐸𑐖𑐵‎) (Devanagari: म्हपुजा) is an annual ritual performed by the Newar people of Nepal to purify and empower the soul...

meaning "nights". In the eastern and northeastern states of India, the Durga Puja is synonymous with Navaratri, wherein goddess Durga battles and emerges victorious...