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- Ayudha_Puja abstract "Ayudha Puja is an integral part of the Navratri festival (festival of triumph), a Hindu festival which is traditionally celebrated in India. It is also called \"Astra Puja\", the synonym for Ayudha Puja. In simple terms, it means “Worship of Implements”. It is celebrated in Karnataka (in erstwhile Mysore State) as “Ayudha Puje” (Kannada: ಆಯುಧ ಪುಜೆ),in Andhra Pradesh as Aayudha Pooja (Telugu: ఆయుధ పూజ), in Kerala as Ayudha Puja (Malayalam: ആയുധ പൂജ), \"Astra Puja\" or \"Ayudha Puja\" in Orissa, and in Tamil Nadu as Ayudha Pujai (Tamil: ஆயுத பூஜை). The festival falls on the ninth day or Navami of the bright half of Moon's cycle of 15 days (as per Almanac) in the month of September/October, and is popularly a part of the Dasara or Navaratri or Durga Puja or Golu festival. On the ninth day of the Dasara festival, weapons and tools are worshipped. In Karnataka, the celebration is for killing of the demon king Mahishasura by goddess Chamundeshwari. After slaying of the demon king, the weapons were kept out for worship. While Navaratri festival is observed all over the country but in South Indian states, where it is widely celebrated as Ayudha Puja, there are slight variations of worship procedure.The principal Shakti goddesses worshiped during the Ayudha puja are Saraswati (the Goddess of wisdom, arts and literature), Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth) and Parvati (the divine mother), apart from various types of equipment; it is on this occasion when weapons are worshipped by soldiers and tools are revered by artisans.The Puja is considered a meaningful custom, which focuses specific attention to one’s profession and its related tools and connotes that a divine force is working behind it to perform well and for getting the proper reward.In the cross cultural development that has revolutionized the society, with modern science making a lasting impact on the scientific knowledge and industrial base in India, the ethos of the old religious order is retained by worship of computers and typewriters also during the Ayudha Puja, in the same manner as practiced in the past for weapons of warfare. In Orissa, tools traditionally used for cultivation like plough, war like sword and dagger, and inscription writing like \"karani\" or \"lekhani\" (metal stylus) are worshiped.".
- Ayudha_Puja country Hindu.
- Ayudha_Puja similar Golu.
- Ayudha_Puja similar Navratri.
- Ayudha_Puja thumbnail Durga_Puja_DS.jpg?width=300.
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- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Amavasya.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Andhra_Pradesh.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Arjuna.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hindu_festivals.
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- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Category:October_observances.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Category:Religious_festivals_in_India.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Category:September_observances.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Chamunda.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Draupadi.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Durbar_(court).
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Durga_Puja.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Duryodhana.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Equinox.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Golu.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Hindu.
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- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Human_sacrifice.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Iravan.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kali.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Karnataka.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kaurava.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kerala.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Krishna.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kullu_Dussehra.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kumkuma.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Kurukshetra_War.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Lakshmi.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Litter_(vehicle).
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Mahabharata.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Mahishasura.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Mysore.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Mysore_State.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Navami.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Navratri.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink North_Karnataka.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Odisha.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Pandava.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Parvati.
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- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Rama.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Ranganayaki.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Sahadeva.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Sandalwood.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Saraswati.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Shakti.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink South_India.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Stylus.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Tamil_Nadu.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Thirumal.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Tilaka.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Turmeric.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Vasant_Panchami.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Vidyāraṃbhaṃ.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Vijayadashami.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Vijayanagara_Empire.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Yemenite_Jews.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink Yudhishthira.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLink File:Swaraswatialtar.jpg.
- Ayudha_Puja wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ayudha Puja".
- Ayudha_Puja begins "Ayudha Puja on Navami day in Navaratri".
- Ayudha_Puja caption "Veneration of vehicles as part of Ayudha Puja".
- Ayudha_Puja celebrations "Ayudha Puja and Saraswati Pooja".
- Ayudha_Puja date "--10-21".
- Ayudha_Puja date "2012-10-23".
- Ayudha_Puja date "2013-10-13".
- Ayudha_Puja date "2014-10-02".
- Ayudha_Puja frequency "annual".
- Ayudha_Puja holidayName "Ayudha_Puja".
- Ayudha_Puja nickname "Ayudha Puja also observed as Saraswati Puja".
- Ayudha_Puja observances "Veneration of implements, machines, weapons, books and musical instruments".
- Ayudha_Puja observedby "Hindus".
- Ayudha_Puja relatedto "Dasara or Navaratri or Golu".
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- Ayudha_Puja subject Category:Hindu_festivals.
- Ayudha_Puja subject Category:Holidays_and_observances_by_frequency_(once).
- Ayudha_Puja subject Category:October_observances.
- Ayudha_Puja subject Category:Religious_festivals_in_India.
- Ayudha_Puja subject Category:September_observances.
- Ayudha_Puja hypernym Part.
- Ayudha_Puja type Event.
- Ayudha_Puja type Holiday.
- Ayudha_Puja type Day.
- Ayudha_Puja type Event.