Pooja (or Puja) is a Hindu ritual of worship, offering devotion, honor, and homage to one or more deities, often involving symbolic offerings like flowers, light, incense, and food to a deity’s image (murti) or symbol, treating the divine as a revered guest to seek blessings, express gratitude, and foster a spiritual connection, commonly performed daily at home or in temples, and also to commemorate life events or new beginnings.