Daily Worship
Routine devotional worship performed daily or periodically by householders, priests and temples as part of nitya karma.
Daily Worship: The Foundation of Hindu Practice
Fifteen daily observances — from Nitya Puja at the home shrine to Sandhya Vandanam and Agnihotra. This guide sets out how the upachara sequences differ, what belongs to the Grihya tradition, and which of these still need a priest.
Rituals in this group (15)
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Nitya Puja Panditji booking optional Ishta DevataDaily household worship performed at the home shrine invoking the family's chosen deity.
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Panchopachara Puja Panditji booking optional Ishta DevataWorship using five offerings: gandha, pushpa, dhupa, deepa, naivedya.
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Dashopachara Puja Panditji booking optional Ishta DevataWorship using ten prescribed upacharas (offerings) to the deity.
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Shodashopachara Puja Book a Panditji Ishta DevataThe classical sixteen-step worship sequence used for formal puja of any deity.
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Sandhya Vandanam Panditji booking optional Surya, GayatriThrice-daily Vedic ritual of prayer performed at dawn, noon and dusk by initiated dwijas.
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Gayatri Upasana Panditji booking optional Gayatri DeviMeditative recitation and worship centred on the Gayatri Mantra.
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Agnihotra Book a Panditji AgniTwice-daily (sunrise/sunset) Vedic fire offering considered the simplest of all yajnas.
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Deepa Puja Panditji booking optional Agni, LakshmiLighting and worship of the ceremonial lamp performed at dawn and dusk.
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Tulsi Puja Panditji booking optional Tulsi Devi, VishnuDaily worship of the sacred Tulsi plant with water offering and lamp.
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Go Puja Panditji booking optional KamadhenuRitual worship and feeding of the cow, regarded as a manifestation of divinity.
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Surya Arghya Panditji booking optional SuryaOffering of water to the rising sun accompanied by mantra recitation.
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Surya Namaskar Puja Panditji booking optional SuryaRitual worship combined with the twelve-posture salutation to the Sun.
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Panchayatana Puja Book a Panditji Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, Surya, GaneshaSmarta worship method invoking five deities represented by five symbolic stones/forms.
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Ishta Devata Puja Panditji booking optional Chosen deityDaily worship dedicated to the individual's or family's chosen deity.
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Kuldevta Puja Book a Panditji Family deityWorship of the ancestral family deity, usually on specific tithis or before major events.