HINDUISM: home rituals: puja
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Children prostrating after the pongal puja, in front of the family shrine. 12AA65.


A woman draws the symbols of Siva and Shakti for home worship. LE03.


A woman putting ashes on the forehead of another after puja. LE09.



Private pujaroom after puja. LZ38 .


Arati to the tree representing the goddess in a home. LE12.


Puja to the tree representing the goddess in a home. LE13.



Private pujaroom after puja. LAB21 .


Woman doing puja at home. LD50


Private pujaroom typical of Badaga custom. LAF23 .


Puja to the tree representing the goddess in a home. LL36.


Private pujaroom after puja. LAB19.



Woman doing puja at home. Notice the drawings representing the deities on the wall. LE01


Private pujaroom after pongal puja. LE02.


Ganeshas of the family in the pujaroom after puja. LD48.


Widow in her private pujaroom doing puja. LE08.


The lamp placed at the entrance of the house is lit after puja (as part of it). LE05.


The lamp placed at the entrance of the house is lit after puja. LE06.


The lamp placed at the entrance of the house is lit after puja. LE07.



Shrine for puja at home. Notice the drawings representing the deities on the wall (Shakti, Vishnu and the 7 virgins). LD47


A woman draws the symbol of Shakti on the door post. LE04.


"Hearth lamp" in a private pujaroom after puja. LD49.


Widow at a private shrine doing puja. LAX38.


Home shrine to the house gods and harvest during mattu pongal. LE02.



Munisvar after being worshipped, in the courtyard of a house.
LD46
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Home Ganeshas and other deities next to the "hearth lamp" during pongal puja. 12AA56

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