Puja:

Puja means reverence, honour, adoration, or worship. Puja is a religious ritual that Hindus perform on a variety of occasions to pray or show respect to their chosen Gods or Goddesses. Most practicing Hindus pray once or twice a day.

Puja may be performed by an individual worshipper or in gatherings. The ritual may be observed in silence or accompanied by prayers. Sometimes a puja is done for the benefit of certain people, for whom priests or relatives ask blessings. A Hindu priest (called a Pundit) will chant prayers in Sanskrit or some other language while performing puja.

The puja service is provided by priest is called pundit. For the puja we required Special things, its called Puja items. For the service provided by the Pundit, we have to give them some fees is called Dakshina; dakshina may in money or its may be other things.