puja

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Durga puja is the most important festival for the people of West Bengal.

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  • Panditji and her mother had settled on the front veranda and were engaged in one of their many bickerings; Poota was nowhere in sight The mantrakara performed his puja, but no one was guilty of stealing someone else's jewelry," she said with a sneer, "so he had to leave. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • Siba Prasad Hota, who performs the rituals, said, ‘‘No one has ever raised any question on why the puja is being done by Muslims. —  The Times of India
  • Dahal's 13-year-old son performs the puja (ritual prayers) in the Gopal mandir. —  Global Issues News Headlines
  • The puja is to bring good fortune to your family and in an act of emotional blackmail they demand large sums for each member. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Four days after their appointment as head priest at the main temple and priest at Basuki temple respectively, Dr Bishnu Prasad Dahal and Saligram Dhakal finally performd the nitya puja (daily worship) late this afternoon with police protection. —  United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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  1. Also pujah, pooja, poojah; from Hindustani pūjā, from Sanskrit pūjā, honor, respect, worship, from √ pūj, honor, respect.
 

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