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Spiritualseeker
23 July 2009, 06:30 PM
Namaste,
I printed out a picture of Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha using photo paper. They came out real good, but I am wondering if its okay to do puja using the picture instead of an idol. I guess the picture it self would be the same thing. Is this okay to do?
Sherab
23 July 2009, 07:13 PM
Yes, it is okay :)
What were you thinking about doing?
Of course, you could also get a frame for them too.
Spiritualseeker
23 July 2009, 07:15 PM
Namaste,
I was thinking of setting them up when I do my meditations and mantras and to offer incence or bannana and other fruits. Maybe even circumbulate them.
saidevo
23 July 2009, 09:21 PM
We Hindus normally use framed portraits of our Gods and Goddesses and keep/hang them in our puja shelves/room. While doing puja to a specific deity, we take out the picture, keep it on a wooden Asana, decorate it flowers, sandal paste and kumkumam and worship it with scriptural verses (shlokas) and mantras, in accordance with the puja procedure.
Here is a link to Ganesh puja at the Himalayan Academy Website:
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/audio/chants/ganesha_puja_color.pdf
Spiritualseeker
24 July 2009, 07:38 AM
Namaste,
thank you my friend. I plan on start doing puja soon. I am trying to establish some type of daily discipline.
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