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Puja vs Pooja - What's the difference?

puja | pooja | Alternative forms |

Pooja is a alternative form of puja.



As nouns the difference between puja and pooja

is that puja is a religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship while pooja is a form of worship in south Asia; a religious ceremony.

puja

English

(wikipedia puja)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:
  • *:The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

    • Related terms

    * pujari ----

    pooja

    English

    Alternative forms

    *puja

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A form of worship in south Asia; a religious ceremony.
  • *2008 , Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger , Atlantic 2009, p. 100:
  • *:The priest celebrated a special pooja'' to pray for the Great Socialist's victory; mutton ''biryani was distributed on paper plates in front of the temple; and in the evening, there was free booze for all.