How do Hindus worship ?

Answer 1

What do you mean....how do they worship? First they walk into the temply and kneel touching the floor with their forehead and folding their hands as if in prayer then they go up to the altar and do a circular motion with an open hand round a flame (arti) then stand and pray. when they have finished they kneel again touching the floor with their forehead get up and take some prasad (a sort of semolina pudding made with sugar and water which has been offered to the god(s) and prayed over) with their right hand, bow their heads and walk out of the temple ringing a bell as they walk out.

Answer 2

The common sign of worship and salutation for Hindus is that they place their right and left palm together just in fron of their chest ,the tips of the figher kept at the level of the chin..this apart evey one is free to adopt any method of worship.some parostrate before the deity or any elderly person with both palms hept togetehr and held aloft over the head lying on the floor facing the earth .some bend and touch the feet of the person to be respected and the deity toe worshiped .Some kneel down befoe teh deity or the venerable person and keep he palsm together at chest level and so on. while adoptoing thse postures they pray silently and some people even sing devotional songs and others chant mantras .There are as many ways as there ar Hindus .It is a culture which baiscally respects and individual freedom in many matters including worship.It is a democratic religions and freedom is the essence of ther culture .May be, democracy is successful in India because of this nature .Indivuidual liberty ois very much valued before it was tainted by the culture of the invaders .

Answer 3

Hindu worship (puja) usually involves images of god/goddesses (murtis), prayers and chanting.

The image or icon of God/Goddess is the most important part of Hindu worship. This is why it is not mandatory to visit the temple (house of worship) regularly, as you can have your own shrine (puja room) at home.This room can be anything from a room, a small altar or simply pictures or statues of the deity. Worship at home occurs daily.

Hindu worship is primarily an individual act; it involves making personal offerings to the deity. These can include water, fruits, flowers and incense

Hindus commonly conduct pujas in either the temple, home or outdoor public place.

It is also believed that if proper care is not taken of temple's images, the god/goddess will abandon the temple. This is why priests take great care and perform puja at sunrise, noon, sunset and midnight.

Answer 4

There are some answers telling about some methodology. I would like to say a bit about the theory.

To worship(in general) means to re-iterate the virtues of god and in the process get them inducted in yourself.

The popular ways of worshipping can be classified as under.
1. Puja (this includes cleansing, decorating the idol or photo, presenting with prasad(sweet eatables). This is an individual event.
2. Aradhana(this includes chanting mantras constantly to achieve a boon. This is an individual event.
3. Aarti( this is a mass event ,usually twice a day, mainly to sing praises of god)
4. Sewa( more popular in Vaishnava and swami narayana cult, here god is assumed to be one amongst you and you perform various acts assuming he is your master)
5. yagna or Havan: here a particular mantra is chanted in front of a pious fire and God invited to come to the place and offer you a boon.
Rituals and procedures vary from cult to cult and region to region but the heart of the matter remains same as high-lighted above.

Answer 5

"Work is worship!" is one of the many principles, giving options for modes of worship and therefore practice of religion! Serving humanity within ones ability and reach, is another option! There are others, on different planes, such as Devotion to God (and to Man!), Devotion to Duties (ones work!), Devotion to Knowledge (and, teaching and learning, in cycles!), and, then, a combination of all these, the normal life which can be gradually elevated to loftier levels through worship in all the wonderful forms available to one, while contributing to the society around! (and, serving all religions at once, with total maturity of understanding!)

Answer 6

Thanks for the question. But first of all I would like to tell that there is no any religion of Hindus if you want to know what is Hindu you should first have to know the originality of that. At the starting of Haman's creation there was only one religion and that's name was Aryans/Vedic and the Aryans means the follower of Vedas and one God(Ishwar) and in Vedas there is not any sign that there is any image is essential about God but now if you would see in Hindu they are worshiping of images of different god and goddess. I would like to say that they are not taking interest in their religious books but are only following the books given by anothers to them. If anything is right on earth it is only Vedas only. and we should follow Vedas only

Answer 7

we have a place of worship in our homes...
we worship twice a day... some Hindus do it once a day...
we light an oil lamp (deepak), light incense sticks, and pray the lord with folded hands and our eyes closed...

Answer 8

in the Hindu scriptures it clearly states the following: “There is no image of HIM! HE is bodiless and pure!” (Yujurved. Chapter: 32-3. & 40:8). Further in the Upanishads chapter 6:2:1 & Chapter 4:19 it clearly states: “There is no likeness of HIM, & HE is ONE only, without a second.” The responsibility now rests on the Hindu Pundits to preach this truth to their flocks, and to inform them that idol worship is forbidden in their own religious Scriptures. The Pundits will be held responsible if they fail in this duty and did not convey the message.

Answer 9

i recite hanuman chalisa and gayatri mantra