Setting Up Your Home Altar: Daily Puja Essentials
Create a sacred worship space at home with the right puja items, arrangement, and daily ritual practices.
By Acharya Vinod Tiwari
A home altar (mandir) is the spiritual heart of a Hindu household.
Begin with a clean, elevated platform facing east or north.
Essential items include a brass or silver puja thali, camphor aarti diya, incense holder, kumkum and haldi containers, a bell, and fresh flower vase.
Install your chosen deity idols or images with the Sri Yantra or Ishpatra behind them.
Daily puja involves lighting a diya, offering flowers and naivedya, chanting your ishta devata mantra, and performing aarti.
Maintain purity — bathe before puja, use only clean utensils, and keep the altar dust-free.
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