Puja Catalogue

Thirty-five fire rituals across three traditions — the Agama homam of southern temple practice, the Grihya havan of the household, and the shrauta yajna. This guide explains what separates them, and distinguishes the yajnas that belong to living practice from those recorded for historical reference.

Eighteen temple sevas — the structured cycle of daily and periodic service offered to a presiding deity, and the sponsored offerings a devotee can arrange within it. This guide explains how a temple's day is ordered and what sponsoring a seva actually means.

Fifteen Vastu rituals and twelve business observances — the worship performed when land is broken, a house entered, a shop opened or a vehicle bought. This guide describes them as the tradition holds them, and is clear about what Vastu Shastra is and is not.

Sixteen rituals across three related concerns — health and healing, children and conception, and learning. These are the observances families turn to at difficult moments, and this guide is careful about what it does and does not claim for them.

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.