• Ganesha Puja
• Ganesha's Favorite Offerings
• Ganesha Devotion
• Ganesha Songs, Mantras, Prayers

"Puja: noun. In Hinduism or Buddhism, the ritual daily devotion involving offering of food and drink and prayers to a deity; also written: pooja. Etymology: Sanskrit: adoration, homage." (www.britannica.com)

Puja is the act honoring and showing reverence to god. During Puja, a Hindu devotee attempts to make a personal, spiritual connection with God. In Hinduism, Puja is a daily ritual of devotion which includes prayers, songs, offerings of food, and care of idols.

Virtual Ganesha Puja

• Online Ganesh Worship
  www.shreeganesh.com/worship.htm.
• Ganesha Virtual Pooja
  www.sriselvavinayakar.org/vinayakar.htm

patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati |
tad aham bhakty-upahritam asnami prayatatmanah |

"Whoever offers me a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water with devotion and a pure heart, that I accept." (Bhagavad Gita - 9.26)

Modak

Modak is a popular sweet, mainly prepared on the first day of Ganesha Chaturthi that lasts for 10 days. On all these ten days, a special sweet is prepared and offered to Lord Ganesha and then distributed as "prasad" to all the members of the family and friends.

• 1kg. powdered sugar
• 100 gms. almonds
• 100 gms. pistachios
• 200 gms. sugar
• A pinch of cardamom powder
• 1 kg. khoya (Cream)

Add the powdered sugar and cardamom powder to the khoya. Khoya is sweet or fresh cream heated with constant stirring to a near solid state. Mix together and knead to make soft dough. Separately make a mixture of pistachios and almonds (cut into small bits) and 200 gms of sugar. Lightly grease the palms, take out a small ball of the prepared dough. Make a hollow in the middle of the ball and place about a teaspoonful of the almond and pistachios mixture. Carefully pull up the sides and gather them at the top, giving it a conical shape, or the shape of a fig.
Source: www.dhrishticreations.com