Kinds of offering or upcharas
Some of the offerings or Upcharas are:
Dhyanam:
Meditating on the lord
Avahanam:
Chanting the Lord's name
Pagyam:
Washing the Lord's feet
One
can do up to 30 Upacharas or sixteen, ten, eight and five Upacharas.
The five Upacharas or Panchoupachara pooja is done offering items
that represent all the five elements.
Types
of Puja
Pujas, as mentioned earlier, energize the deity being worshipped.
This energy can be tapped in order to Materialize one's desires
: Kamya Puja which is done for health, wealth or to beget children
Serve as a protective shield : Nithya Puja which is done daily
to be ever endowed with the Lord'sgrace
Mark an auspicious occasion : Naimityaka Puja .
Eg:- Ganesh and Lakshmi pooja is done on Deepavali and Saraswati
pooja is done during Vasanthapanchami
Puja:Time basis.Depending on how regularly a Puja is performed,
it can be classified as
Daily (nitya
pooja) eg. Panchayathana pooja
a) To mark an occasion (naimityaka pooja) eg. Ganesh and Lakshmi
pooja done on Deepavali and Saraswati
pooja done during Vasanthapanchami
b) To fulfil a need or desire (kamya pooja) - eg. For health,
wealth, a child, for mental peace
Puja based
on time:
Daily
1.
Panchayathana Pooja
2. Siva Pooja
3. Vishnu Pooja
4. Favorite Deity Pooja |
5.
Panchophachara Pooja
6. Shodashopachara Pooja
7. Sandhia Pooja (sandhiavandhanam) audio downloadable
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8. Soorya namaskaram pooja |
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Monthly
1.
Pournami pooja
2. Lalitha Parameshwari pooja (Fridays)
3. Durga Pooja (Rahukalam pooja onTuesdays)
4. Pradhosha pooja
5. Sivarathari pooja |
6.
Sankataharachathurthi pooja
7. Lakshmi pooja (Fridays)
8. Hanuman pooja (Saturdays)
9. Santhoshimatha pooja (Fridays) |
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Yearly
1.
Chithrapournami pooja
2. Vigasivisakam pooja
3. Chithirai Pournami - Chitra Gupta Pooja
4. Varalakshmi Nombu
5. Gokulashtami
6. Sri Jayanthi
7. Pillayar Chathurthi
8. Saraswathy Pooja, Ayudha Pooja
9. Deepavali
10. Skanda Sashty/Soora Samharam |
11. Annamalai Deepam
12. Hanumath Jayanthi
13. Vaikunda Ekadasi
14. Pongal/Uthirayanam
15. Thai Poosam
16. Maha Sivarathari
17. Karadayan Nombu
18. Sri Rama Navami
19. Panguni Uthiram |
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