Pooja is a form of praying for God's mercy, hence it is important to Hindus.
Hindus believe in life after death and also that the Soul (Atman) is eternal. They believe that the offerings to dead ancestors reaches them and they feel satisfied. The acknowledgement of their existence and the offerings are called Pitar Pooja.
A form of worship or offering. <---- i think there is more needed to this i reckon it is a way of simbolizing the hindus life we use loads of symbols and objects to do with the hindus all one one picture that is what i think it it as i am doing it for homework atm!! xxx
The four things that Hindus generally do while pooja are Haarathi, Naivedyam, breaking a coconut and giving flowers to god. Everyone of these has its own meaning.
the Hindu temple is important to Hindus because they go there to pray.
To impress god or goddesses
Yes, Diwali is on of the important festivals for Hindus.
by doing fireworks
Hindus celebrate many festivals: Pongal, navarathri, Diwali, Saraswati pooja, vinayaka chadurthri, Krishna janmashtami, and many more!
Diwali is important to hindus, because of the goddess and after Diwali theres lot of story about the goddess
usually hindus carry out pooja by washing the idol of God or Goddess , than carefully wiping and decorating them with perfuMes and such, which is followed by providing clothes to idol and then worshipping them with fire and incense sticks. However The exact methods differ from place to place.
God, the gods and goddesses, humans, all living things, the planet, the universe, and everything are important to Hindus. 'Dharma' (fulfillment of one's obligations and righteous action) is important to hindus, even more important than the question as to which God should be worshiped.
The Ganges River is a common place for Hindus to go on a pilgrimage.