poojah

But the superior members did no _poojah_ to anything.

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913

Old uneducated fool maternal parent did lots of thanks-givings and _poojah_ because gods specially attentive to me -- but

Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913

In London I did poojah to the big temple by the river for the sake of the God within.

The Bridge Builders Rudyard Kipling 1900

In London I did poojah to the big temple by the river for the sake of the God within

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

However, I was not able to discover that it is the custom for even the most ignorant inhabitants to do anything in the nature of poojah before these figures any longer, though probably usual enough before CROMWELL, with the iron sides, ordered all such baubles to be removed.

Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895

It was quite dark before he had finished his “poojah,” or worship, and his meal.

From Death into Life Haslam, William 1880

You're always speaking about taboo, and castes, and poojah, and fetiches, as if we weren't civilised people at all, but utter barbarians.

The British Barbarians Grant Allen 1873

"We do right every day of the week alike, -- and never do poojah of any sort at any time."

The British Barbarians Grant Allen 1873

At last, after about ten or twelve such rounds, she paused, with an absorbed air of devotion, and knocked her head three times on the ground once more, doing poojah, before the ever-smiling Buddha.

Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Grant Allen 1873

Visitors who are not actual worshipers crowd temples/kovils during poojah time and crowd out actual users and disturb the sanctity and value of the poojahs

groundviews Devanesan Nesiah 2010