On the day of the puja besar strict abstinence from work is enjoined on every one in the district, no one might break ground or even pull up weeds or cut wood in the whole province.
Once in every two or three years it was necessary to carry out an important ceremony (puja besar) which involved the slaying of three buffaloes and a great feast, the expense of which had to be borne by the pawang.
There are a number of domestic gods, who hold a prominent place in family worship, andpuja is often performed under big trees and by the side of rivers, as among the Darrang Kacharis.
Deodani, are called into action for a special puja organised on a somewhat large scale.
Bhareli), to whom puja is done in Kartik, Magh and Baisakh.
When his puja was over the king sent for Papabhiru, and the poor Brahmin, never having before been sent for at such a time, made his appearance with a beating heart.
Is this the result of all my puja (worship) to you.
But if you would allow me to perform my puja to the goddess this morning also, I shall gladly die after having done my duty.
Now on a certain ekadasi [84] morning, Papabhiru went to the king to pay his respects as usual, with the lime and the benediction, but found that he had gone to his puja and so followed him there.
I never do my puja without placing my scimitar by the side of the god, but last night I left it in my queen's room.
After presenting the fruit the Brahmin waited upon his sovereign till his puja [83] was over, and then went home where his wife kept ready for him all the requisites for his own puja.
If I leave it anywhere else the devils may snatch it away when I am absent worshipping you; after finishing your puja [18] I shall burn him.
But still, to wipe away any evil notion in the minds of the people she publicly proclaimed that her daughter would perform puja in the cremation-ground at midnight at the next new moon.
Puja at night, on the eighth day of the latter half of Sravana.
Minor offences are punishable by infliction of penance, fasting, or doing specialpuja to the gods.
Iswara puja (worship of Iswara) was performed in the local temple on all the days of the trial, and the suspected woman was given panchagavya (five products of the cow) so that she might tell the truth.
A Pandaram sets up five kalasams (brass vessels), and does puja (worship).
The ceremony at the house is opened by Ganapathi puja performed by an Ezhuttacchan, or by a Nambudri, or another Nayar.
He also offerspuja to the sun and moon as belonging to the nine navagrahas (planets).
They also wear the sacred thread, but perform puja in Bhadrakali temples, incidents of which are the shedding of blood and use of liquor.
The Pallans are nominally Saivites, but in reality devil worshippers, and do puja to the Grama Devata (village deities), especially those whose worship requires the consumption of flesh and liquor.
The visitors were invited by Chunerbutty to enter an ornate temple of Kali, in which a number of Hindu women squatted on the ground before a gigantic idol representing the goddess in whose honour the Puja festival is held.
Isn't the Puja festival in her honour, Mr. Chunerbutty?
But when in a letter she broached the subject of her return to her brother, Fred bade her wait, for he hoped that he might be able to join her in Darjeeling for a few days during the Puja holidays.
She went straight to her room and remained there until Ida came to tell her that it was time to dress for the celebration of the Puja festival.
When the others came up the tigers wanted to eat it at once, but the jackal would not let them and said that they must go to a little distance while he did puja to make the food wholesome.
Then the Raja had a wide and deep well dug and announced that a Puja was to be performed at the opening of the well.
The tigers obeyed and under pretence of doing puja the jackal ate up all the tit bits and then allowed the tigers to come and eat the rest.
As they all knelt at the edge of the well doing puja the Raja had them pushed into it, so that they were all drowned.
The Dusserah or Dasara is also known as Sarasvati puja or Ayudha puja (worship of weapons or tools).
A puja for Ganapathi (the elephant god) is performed, to see that the whole ceremony terminates well.
If drawn on a sheet of gold, and puja is performed to it every Saturday, it will bring prosperity, and help pregnant women during their confinement.
If puja (worship) is celebrated by a mantravadi for twelve days with the face turned towards the south, it will produce the death of an enemy.
The pot is removed to the burial ground, where the Panan performs a puja in honour of his favourite deity.
He came to her house, made an earthen image, and did puja to it.
When cholera now breaks out, the villagers subscribe together, and do puja (worship) to the stone in accordance with directions left by him.
If it is drawn on butter spread on a plantain leaf, puja performed, and the butter given to a barren woman, there will be no danger to herself or her future issue.
The festival of Ayudha Puja (worship of tools or implements) is observed by all Hindu castes during the last three days of the Dasara or Navarathri in the month of Purattasi (September-October).
The Barike (village servant) next does puja (worship) to the stone, and then a string of mango leaves is tied across the gateway above it.
After doing puja (worship), he throws the flowers on the embers, and they should remain unscorched for a few seconds.
On the following day, the ceremony called thotlu puja is performed.
Puja (worship) is done, and certain stanzas are recited amid the beating of a pair of large cymbals.
Yet they believe that their gods occasionally reside in the body of a "bison," and have been known to do puja (worship) when a bull has been shot by a sportsman.
The Chembrambakam Lingayats appear to join the other villagers in the performance of the annual puja (worship) to the village deity, Namamdamma, who is worshipped in order to ward off cholera and cattle disease.
No puja is performed in the temple till the body is disposed of, as the idol, being her husband, has to observe pollution.
The dead are buried with their faces laid in that direction; and, when pujais done to Karuppanaswami, the caste god, the worshippers turn to the north.
The Brahman purohit places on a tray a conical mass of turmeric representing Vigneswara, to whom puja (worship) is done.
A washerman brings a basket containing various articles required for worship, and, after puja has been performed, a plant of Leucas aspera is placed on the ashes.
This is the grandpuja performed once in the course of the year.
Before the recent crusade against idolatry it was the regular practice of low-class Mohammedans to join in the Durga Puja and other Hindu religious festivals, and although they have been purged of many superstitions, many still remain.
Even now, in some parts of Bengal, they observe the Durga Puja and buy new clothes for the festival, like the Hindus.
After this, pujais done, and the people offer cocoanuts to the god.
The women do pujato Hiriya Udaya, and the pujari gives them a small quantity of rice on minige (Argyreia) leaves.
The lingams are handed over to the priest, who, taking them up one by one, does puja to them, and gives them to the children.
The Barike next does puja (worship) to the stone, and then a string of mango leaves is tied across the gateway above it.
The puja consists of washing the lingams in cow's urine and milk, smearing them with sandal and turmeric paste, throwing flowers on them, and waving incense and burning camphor before them.
They are treated as if they were lingams, and puja is done to them by offering cocoanuts and betel leaves, and throwing flowers over them.
Fines, when inflicted, go towards feasting the tribe, and doing puja (worship) to the gods.
So skilfully is this fraud perpetrated that it is only after years of use and perpetual washing at the daily puja that in time the tracery wears away, and detection becomes possible.
The various ceremonies described so far should be performed by all the male members of a family, whereas the daily Devatarchana or Devata puja is generally done by any one member of a family.
Those who makepuja to the idol are Pradhamasakis, and are called Archakas.
This first mahal was named the kacheri bari (house of business); the next to it was the puja mahal (division for worship).
The large hall of worship formed one side of the puja mahal; on the other three sides were two-storied houses.
At the marriages of Mutrachas, Madigas, and some other classes, a form of worship called Virala puja is performed with the object of propitiating heroes or ancestors (viralu).
Ganga Devi, Iswara and Mouli have temples at certain places, but as a rule there is no building, and the site of puja is marked by trees and stones.
Placing this at the end of a street, they do puja (worship) before it, and walk up and down with a rope, with which they flagellate themselves.
On the third day, called panaka pujaor mahanevedyam, jaggery water is offered, and cocoanuts, and other offerings are laid before the goddess.
No puja is performed in the temple till the corpse is disposed of, as the idol, being her husband, has to observe pollution.
To free them from these, the Rishi advised them to do puja (worship) to Kanniamma.
Dasaris also subsist by doing puja (worship) at ceremonial and festival occasions for certain of the Hindu castes.
Of the various sub-divisions, the Puja Gollas claim superiority over the others.
It was, therefore, ordained by him that the puja or worship alone should be performed by the Brahmans, and that the Stanikas and Devadigas should perform the other services in the temples.
Council meetings are held at the village temple, and the fines inflicted on guilty persons are spent in celebrating puja (worship) thereat.
If the deceased has been initiated into the Bairava cult, puja (worship) must be done at the grave every alternate day from the third day till the bojja day.
In their religion they are worshippers of Vishnu under the name of Rangasvami, to whom they do puja (worship) at their own rude shrines, or at the Hindu temple at Karaimadai, where Brahman priests officiate.
Similarly they observe Pongal and the Ayudha puja day.
This is known as Jeonar Puja or "the banquet rite.
Some do the Navami Puja in honour of Ushas, or the Aurora, on the sixth day of the waning moon in Asin.
Once a year, in the month of Aghan, what is called the Karuj Puja takes place in her honour.
A Brahman does puja (worship) and ties on her forehead a mandaikettu or bashingham (chaplet) made of gold leaf or tinsel.
They perform sakti puja in their own houses, to which no one outside the caste is allowed to attend; they also perform it for Nayars and Tiyans.
Before the procession starts, people collect in front of the house of the person who is doing the puja (worship), and tie him and the goat to a long post set up in front thereof.
During her absence, the barber performs puja to Ganapathi in the pandal.
A silver image is presented to the local Siva temple, where, for a consideration, puja is done every new-moon day.
The bridal party then adjourn to a pond or stream, and do puja to their god.
They then plant it in front of the portico, and do some puja (worship) after the manner of Brahmans.
The bride goes thrice round this screen, and the Brahman does puja and gives advice (upadesam) to the couple.
Near the pots the articles required for puja (worship) are placed, and the officiating priest sits near them.
By tantrams (signs with the hands) he eventually obtained the merit of making puja with mantrams.
These people say that they have no puja (worship).
The word means those who do puja (worship) to Siva.
Two bricks, on which the figures of a man and woman are drawn, are given to the son, who washes them, and does puja to them after an effigy has been made at the waterside by a washerman.
Puja is done, and a goat is sacrificed to the ancestors (Tangalanmar).
Puja is done, and the crows are attracted to the spot.
When the burning-ground is reached, he performs puja by breaking a cocoanut, and going round the figure with lighted camphor in his hand.
Having passed through the various ordeals, the guru initiates him into the brotherhood by the performance of puja on an auspicious day to his favourite Nili, called also Kallatikode Nili, through whose aid he works his black art.
He then does puja to the tali, and passes it round, to be touched and blessed by those assembled.
The Panan performs a puja here in favour of his favourite deity.
The articles for puja are spread on a plantain leaf, before which the son places the brick.
Puja is done to it, and a piece of new cloth tied on it.
Puja (worship) is made to the pots by burning camphor and breaking cocoanuts.
Pujari is an occupational title, meaning priest, or performer of puja (worship).
Holy water was sprinkled over the plantain stems, and puja done to the god Perumal by offering samai (grain) and burning camphor.
Puja (worship) is performed, and the mass is distributed among the daughters of the house and other near relations, but not among members of other dhomptis.
Before sowing, puja (worship) is offered to the drill-plough.
To these all the people do puja (worship), and then take up the pots, and go home.
My Nayakas do not recognise this temple, but have their place of worship in the heart of the jungle, where they make their puja (worship) under the direction of their own priest.
The most elderly matron of the house does puja (worship), and a puranam is read.
He is expected to do puja to the god every Monday.
According to another account, the Halu Kurubas of Mysore have sub-divisions according to the day of the week, on which they offer puja to their god, e.
For each person of rank one of these monuments is constructed, and here periodically, and always during the annual feasts, puja is made not only to the spirits of the deceased chiefs, but also to those of all who have died in the clan.
An hour later, puja was done to the stone image of the god Vigneswara, within a small shrine built of slabs of rock.
The Saraswati Puja was performed with great A(C)clat and the five rupees could easily have been spared.
The dress which Rashmani provided for her son, during the Puja festivities, was made of such poor material that in former days the very servants of the house would have rebelled if it had been offered to them.
With the money which he had in hand he used to buy cheap tinsel wares from Calcutta before the Puja holidays.
Their surprise will be all the greater, when some day I shall celebrate the Puja Festival with unwonted magnificence.
As the object of the worship was a living person, at the close of the puja she partook of the offerings in the presence of the worshipper or worshippers.
With a few touches of his felicitous pencil, Shakespeare has given a view of their system, or philosophy which is the Sacti Puja or Worship of Power.
He is worshipped in the daily puja of the brahmins, who silently meditate upon him in this form.
These Shastrus direct that the person or persons who wish to perform this puja must first, in the night, take a woman as the object of worship.
The persons present must then perform puja in a manner unutterably abominable, and here this most diabolical business closes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puja" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
