Tag: puja-vidhi
Camphor, Dhoop and Deepak: The Purpose Behind Everyday Puja Items
Why camphor is burned at the end of an aarti, which oil belongs in the lamp, and what the five elements have to do with the order of a puja.
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Can Women Wear Rudraksha? Clearing Up a Persistent Misconception
The claim that women should not wear Rudraksha has no scriptural basis. Here is where the idea came from and what the tradition actually says.
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Vastu for Your Puja Room: Direction, Layout and Common Mistakes
Where the mandir should go, which way the idols face, and what to do if you live in a flat with no room to spare. Practical Vastu, not the intimidating kind.
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Which Finger, Which Metal, Which Day: The Complete Gemstone Wearing Guide
One reference table for all nine Navratna stones - metal, finger, day, hora, mantra and weight - plus the energisation sequence before first wear.
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Sawan (Shravan) Month: A Practical Guide to Shiva Worship
Why Shravan is the most important month in the Shaiva calendar, what the Monday vrat involves, and how to observe it if you cannot take a day off.
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Mahashivratri: How to Observe It and Which Beads to Wear
The night of Shiva, the four prahar puja, the fast, and why it is considered the single most auspicious time in the year to begin wearing Rudraksha.
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Tulsi Mala: Significance, Rules and Who Traditionally Wears It
Tulsi is the mala of Vaishnava practice. What Shyama and Rama tulsi are, why it should not be combined with Rudraksha, and how to identify genuine wood.
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Rudraksha Wearing Rules: Muhurat, Mantra and the Real Do's and Don'ts
Which day to start, what mantra to chant, whether you can wear it while sleeping - the traditional rules, separated from the ones people invented later.
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Abhimantrit and Pran Pratishtha: What "Energised" Really Means
Every seller says their products are energised. Here is what the terms actually denote, what a real process involves, and how to energise something yourself.
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