Hinduism Practices

Question 1

Puja

Answer 1

Act of worshipping

Question 2

Bhakti

Answer 2

Showing love/devotion to deity

Question 3

Murti

Answer 3

Statue/image of a deity used in worship

Question 4

Mandir

Answer 4

Hindu temple

Question 5

Arati ceremony

Answer 5

Main ceremony in Mandir, show love to deities

Question 6

Darshan

Answer 6

“To view” contemplating deities

Question 7

Havan ceremony

Answer 7

Sacrifice performed on special occasions to deity Agni, make offerings to fire pit

Question 8

Japa/mantra

Answer 8

Repeatedly chanting sacred word/phrase in meditation

Question 9

Bhajan/kirtan

Answer 9

Devotional hymn to show deities love

Question 10

Ashram

Answer 10

Place to meditate/be instructed spiritually

Question 11

Sadhu

Answer 11

Ascetic

Question 12

Sannyasin

Answer 12

Ascetic who has renounced the world, performed own funeral (final life stage)

Question 13

Swami

Answer 13

Male Hindu religious teacher

Question 14

Circumambulation

Answer 14

walking around holy site, often whilst chanting or praying

Question 15

Penance

Answer 15

Doing something to make up for something and get rid of bad karma

Question 16

Varanasi

Answer 16

City on banks or river Ganges, site of pilgrimage

Question 17

Ghat

Answer 17

Place on edge of river where Hindus cremate people

Question 18

Haridwar

Answer 18

1st checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Ganges)

Question 19

Ujjain

Answer 19

2nd checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Shipra)

Question 20

Nashik

Answer 20

3rd checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Godavari)

Question 21

Prayaga

Answer 21

Final checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (where 3 rivers meet)

Question 22

Yoga

Answer 22

“Discipline”, spiritual pathway person chooses to follow through life

Question 23

Karma Yoga

Answer 23

Path of selfless action

Question 24

Astana Yoga

Answer 24

Path of meditation

Question 25

Bhakti yoga

Answer 25

Path of devotion

Question 26

Jnana yoga

Answer 26

Path of knowledge

Question 27

Narasimha

Answer 27

Vishnu appears in this avatar form to save Prahlada

Question 28

Stewardship

Answer 28

World belongs to God and humans have responsibility to care for it

Question 29

Goshalla

Answer 29

Cow sanctuary

Question 30

Dana

Answer 30

4 ways to give: family, society, world, God

Question 31

Sewa

Answer 31

Selfless service