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**Kliopeion** · 02-24-2011, 04:48 AM

There was no Puja In the Vedic times. It was only Yagya.

Yagya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Puja ritual is post Vedic. And most of the Gods/Goddesses we worship today like Rama, Krishna, Durga are post-Vedic. They are Puranic. The Wikipedia article covers some of the points.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)

The Puja rituals in Tamil Nadu temples is Agamic. Most of the puja rituals like Pranapratishta, Avahana etc. are Tantrik in origin. Puja gained popularity during the Epic/Puranic period when the concept of Ishta Devata or personal god came into vogue.

02-24-2011, 04:48 AM	#2
Kliopeion Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	There was no Puja In the Vedic times. It was only Yagya. Yagya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Puja ritual is post Vedic. And most of the Gods/Goddesses we worship today like Rama, Krishna, Durga are post-Vedic. They are Puranic. The Wikipedia article covers some of the points. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism) The Puja rituals in Tamil Nadu temples is Agamic. Most of the puja rituals like Pranapratishta, Avahana etc. are Tantrik in origin. Puja gained popularity during the Epic/Puranic period when the concept of Ishta Devata or personal god came into vogue.
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