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MANDIR
• Hindu temple: place of worship
• Dedicated to one or many Hindu deities
• Japa - Individual silent or soft repetition of mantras
Delhi: Largest Hindu Temple Complex
London
Krishna Temple, Utah
PUJAS (Prayers, Songs, Rituals)
• Create shrines in temples, in the home, and in outdoor public spaces.
• Priests perform puja at sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight.
• Visiting a temple every day or even regularly is not mandatory so many worship at home.
FAMILY SHRINE
• A photograph of god/gods, flowers, fruits, incense, perfume, a bell, an oil lamp, scripture
HOLIDAYS: DIWALI (A Row of Lights)
• Hindu New Year (October or November)• Decorate streets and doorways with small clay
lamps in anticipation of the coming of Lakshmi (prosperity and good fortune)
• Lasts for five days• Clean homes, decorate floors with floor
paintings made of rice flour• Wears finest clothes & offers gifts to neighbors
CHAITRA (HOLI)
• Spring festival (March or April) celebrating coming of Krishna
• Bonfires lit in the evening to empower the sun as it moves to longer and warmer spring hours
• Sing and dance all night and extinguish fire with water at dawn
• Water colored with dyes are thrown at each other, eat holiday foods and sweets
• Lasts for 3 days
SYMBOLS: AUM
• Means yes or will be• Said in the beginning of mantras or Hindu
texts and at the end of reading the Vedas
SRI YANTRA
• 9 interlocking triangles (4 upward: masculine and 5 downward: feminine) meet at a point representing the interlocking of the two and representing all creation
THE SWASTIKA
• Good fortune, luck, well-being
THE LOTUS
• Represents beauty
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