The history behind Hindu traditions of worship
Though, I am a person who doesn't believe much in God, I still follow a few Hindu practices of devotion and visit temples from time to time for their tranquilitic peace and aura. I write this to let you know I am not a credible source of information when it comes to tracing back these traditions but I do intend to inspire you think in that direction. The ritual First things first, we wake up in the morning, take a nice shower and arrange our place of worship. It could be done by arranging a basket of items to be taken to the closest temple or arranging the small shrine we have at home. Correspondingly, we then begin our rituals by arranging the flowers, offering water, milk or panchamrit to the idol, being careful to collect it at the spout. Proceeding ahead, we light a tiny lamp/diya and a few incense sticks sticks and circle all of those together in what is called an arti thali , around the idol, whilst ringing a tiny bell on the side. When all of this is done, we sing a ...
