Word

Manasi puja

Sanskrit

मानसी पूजा

IAST

mānasī pūjā

In General

Manasi puja is Internal ritual or mental worship of a deity or a supra mental reality. God is considered as the worshippers own innermost spirit as against External Puja where God is treated as a honored guest in an Icon or Murti . Manasi Puja /Internal worship regard body as a yantra for the deity to reside. For most Hindus even the external worship is a symbolic representation of an internal worship