12 Steps of Worship

Now-a-days, society is so busy, people are not finding time even to think about God. If they can allot a few minutes every day for strengthening their relationship with God, they can achieve prosperity in all walks of life. Pooja (worship) helps for this purpose. We are presenting here 12-steps of Vedic Pooja, which is a condensed version that every one can perform by spending 45 minutes of time, every day. The following are the steps:

 

01 Preparation for Worship 01 min
02 Offering of lights 02 min
03 Prayers to Divine guide (Guru) 02 min
04 Water sipping (Aachaman) 02 min
05 Prayers to god Ganesh 02 min
06 Declaration of Intent (Sankalp) 02 min
07 Gayatri Mantr 11 min
08 Worship the deity 15 min
09 Sipping the holy water 02 min
10 Offering food (Naivedya) 02 min
11 Lighting camphor (aarati) 02 min
12 Circumambulation (Pradakshinaa) 02 min
  Total Time 45 min

Articles needed:
Photo or idol of deity, a tumbler of water and 2 plates, 2 oil lamps, few flowers / akshit (uncooked rice mixed with wet turmeric), fruit / sweets / jiggery / sugar / milk and camphor, Kumkum (vermilion) / Vibhooti (white powder made from cow dung)

The best time to start Pooja is at morning 6.00 o' clock. If this is not possible, then we can do it at evening 6.00 o' clock. Pooja should be performed with a quiet and peaceful mind, after taking bath.

''All human beings are born from God and hence they want to be intact with God always. They want to show their love towards God by worshipping Him. Since God exists in all forms, human beings found Him in different forms, called 'deities'. These deities represent different energies, which protect the human beings from their problems and help them reach the ultimate God''

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