Swami Chinmayananda – Hindu Rituals Questions

    01.   Why do we light a lamp ?

    02.   Why do we have a prayer room ?

    03.   Why do we do Namaste ?

    04.   Why do we prostrate before parents and elders ?

    05.   Why do we wear marks (tilak, pottu and the like) on the forehead ?

    06.   Why do we not touch papers, books and people with the feet ?

    07.   Why is it considered an act of misdemeanor  to touch another's feet ?
    08.   Why do we apply the holy ash ( angaara ) ?

    09.   Why do offer food to the Lord before eating it ?

    10.   Why do we fast ?

    11.   Why do we do pradakshina (circumambulate) ?

    12.   Why is pradakshina done only in a clockwise manner ?

    13.   Why do we regard trees and plants as sacred ?

    14.   Why do we ring the bell in a temple ?

    15.   Why do we worship the kalasha ?

    16.   Why do we consider the lotus as special ?

    17.   Why do we worship tulasi ?

    18.   Why do we blow the conch ?

    19.   Why do we say "Shaanti" thrice ?

    20.   Why do we offer a coconut ?

    21.   Why do we chant Om ?