Hindu Temple

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Hindu Temple

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Buildings

• The temples are built based on different
  guidelines of Shilpa Shatras .
• Concrete and stone are used to erect Hindu
  temples in modern world.
• Wood and brick were used as building materials.

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Shrines

• There are different shrines and altars.
• The altars are decorated with flowers.
• Shrines and main altars are also designed for
  leading deities.
• They are adorned with many doors and curtains.
• These are made of wood.
• Doors are closed to enable the gods to sleep.
• There are also trays, popularly known as puja
  trays.

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• These are designed for placing materials.
• Materials are offerings by worshipper.
• There is a statute of the Vahana.
• It is associated with the head god.
• Outside the main shrine, an image of Murti.

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Outside the Temple

• There was a pool outside the temple.
• It is used to bath before going to the place of
  worship.
• There is a bell at the entrance of the temple.
• It is rung by every worshipper.
• Inside the temple, everyone folds his or her
  hands.
• This is a sign of respect and reverence for the
  gods.
• Pujaris present the needs of worshippers to the
  supreme beings in the temples main shrine.

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Service

• After the religious bath, the mantras as required
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• It is followed by readings from the Vedas.
• These are said in unison.
• All devotees lay on their stomachs before the
  governing god.
• The pujaris speak blessings over the lives of
  worshippers.

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