Puja questions

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Here are a few miscellaneous questions about puja that

I hope someone might answer.

 

In the Beginner Shiva Puja Workbook document in the

files section of the forum, it says "Prana Pratishtha

has no bearing on our beginner puja." Is prana

pratishtha left out just to make the puja simple for

beginners or is it left out for some other reason?

 

Thinking of the five components of puja (preparation,

purification, invitation, offering, union), would prana

pratishtha be considered part of invitation? Is the

beginner Shiva puja a complete puja because, even

without prana pratishtha, it does include all five

components?

 

The Beginner Shiva Puja Workbook refers to the puja's

fourth verse (om bhur bhuvah svah ...) as a gayatri

mantra. This verse seems to have more than 24 syllables,

but don't gayatri mantras typically have 24 syllables?

 

As we work through the various pujas (Shiva, Durga,

Hanuman, ...), is the idea that we will add new

deities to the altar (without replacing or removing

existing deities) as we take up the practice of the

new pujas?

 

Thanks,

Alan