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Why do we…….
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Why do we light a lamp?
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Why do we have a prayer room?
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Why do we do Namaste?
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Why do we prostrate before parents and elders?
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Why do we wear marks (tilak, pottu and the like) on the forehead?
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Why do we not touch papers, books and people with the feet?
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To touch another with the feet is considered an act of misdemeanor. Why is this
so?
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Why do we apply the holy ash?
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Why do offer food to the Lord before eating it?
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Why do we fast?
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Why do we do pradakshina (circumambulate)?
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Why is pradakshina done only in a clockwise manner?
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Why do we regard trees and plants as sacred?
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Why do we ring the bell in a temple?
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Why do we worship the kalasha?
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Why do we consider the lotus as special?
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Why do we worship tulasi?
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Why do we blow the conch?
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Why do we say shaanti thrice?
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Why do we offer a coconut?
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21.
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Why do we chant Om?
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Why do we do aarati?
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