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Is any colour preferred over another in the context of a specific type of puja or vratha? Any benefits of using one colour over other? …

I heard someone say that women should not have hair open during shubha karyas, and have open (untied) hair during pitru karyas. In South India we are thus normally following but in North women normal …

I heard Shanka Abhishekam should not be performed to Lakshmi. I am looking for more details on why, and also for any other god/goddess, we should not do Shanka Abhishekam. Any scriptural references, …

I remember reading somewhere that one should not take out the petals from flowers and offer entire flower on its own (for example: a flower with 10 petals, sometimes people separate and offer individu …

When pujas performed, normally, the officiating priest takes the items (like rice, wheat, grains,...) remaining after the puja or used during the puja. …

But is it ok for one to perform special (something more than daily puja) devata pujas/homas (for example Satyanarayana Puja, Gana homa) during this period at home or at temple? …

What are the consequences of creating obstacles or disturbing the rituals (puja, bhajans, pravachana, japa, homa, etc.) or for constructing/maintaining temples or organising religious' events? …

Partial answer about disturbing during Purana narration: Skanda purana: Vaishnava Khanda Those vile and base men who listen to the meritorious story without any faith shall meet with misery in every …

I heard from someone that during religious rituals (puja, homa, etc.) wife should sit on left side of husband. But my understanding was wife sits on the right side of husband. … In which rituals (deities like puja/homa, samskaras like marriage/upanayana and pitru shraddhas) wife is sitting in left and which ones on right? …

Two lines are to be drawn with the middle finger and the ring finger (from left end to the right end). In between those lines a line is to be drawn in the opposite direction (i.e. from right end to …