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Pooja & rituals
Daily pooja is the household-scale spiritual practice of Hindu life. Each weekday honors a different deity; each festival has its own vidhi. Below: the full instruction for each major deity's home pooja.
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Vehicle and Tool Puja on Dussehra: The Procedure, and Whether It Belongs on Navami
🚗How Dussehra's vehicle and tool puja is actually performed, the lemon under the wheel explained, and whether it belongs on Navami or Vijayadashami.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 9 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
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Diwali Lakshmi Puja for a Shop, an Office or a Factory: The Business Version of the Home Rite
🪔How Diwali Lakshmi puja changes for a shop, office or factory: the cash box, the machinery, the entrance, and the timing tension nobody admits to.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 9 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
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Who Can Perform Shraddh and Tarpan, and What Happens When the Traditional Person Isn't There
🙏The traditional rule favours a son, but daughters, grandsons, widows and priests-by-proxy all have real standing. What each rests on, honestly.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 9 Sept 2026 · 11 min read
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Lakshmi Puja Muhurat 2026: How Pradosh Kaal and Sthir Lagna Decide the Right Time
🌇The Lakshmi puja muhurat is not a single clock time. It comes from where pradosh kaal and a fixed sthir lagna overlap, and in 2026 that window differs by city. Here is the rule, and why Bengal's nishita kaal tradition follows a different one.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 7 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
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Shiva Pooja vidhi: Monday and Pradosh - the dual rhythm
🛕Shiva is honored every Monday (Somvar) and every Trayodashi (Pradosh) - twice a week. Here is the full home pooja vidhi, what samagri to keep ready, and the mantras.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 8 Apr 2026 · 7 min read
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Lakshmi Pooja vidhi: how to invite the wealth-goddess on Fridays
🛕Friday is Lakshmi's day, governed by Venus. The weekly Lakshmi pooja is one of the most-kept household practices for prosperity. Here is the proper vidhi, samagri, and what most people get wrong.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 14 Feb 2026 · 7 min read
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Durga Pooja: the Bengali festival that turned celebration into art
🛕Bengali Durga Pooja is the most artistically elaborate festival in the Hindu calendar - 9 days of pandals, idols, themed art, and devotion. Here is the structure and why it matters.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 13 Jan 2026 · 6 min read
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Vishnu Pooja vidhi: Thursday and Ekadashi - the dharma-keeper's practice
🛕Vishnu is honored on Thursdays (Brihaspativar) and every Ekadashi. Together they form the most complete dharma-cultivating weekly rhythm. Here is the home pooja vidhi.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 4 Jul 2025 · 6 min read
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Tuesday Hanuman Pooja: the weekly courage-protection ritual
🛕Tuesday is Hanuman's day. The weekly Hanuman pooja is one of the most-kept observances in north India - for courage, protection, freedom from fear, and Saturn-pacification. Here is the proper vidhi.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 24 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
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Saraswati Pooja: when students, musicians, and writers ask for grace
🛕Vasant Panchami marks the calendar's peak Saraswati festival, but the goddess of learning and the arts is honored daily in households with students and artists. Here is what to do, when, and what it produces.
Vidhata Editorial Desk · 4 Dec 2024 · 6 min read
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