What is Pooja ?

Devotion is the underlying principle of Pooja or Worship. Adi Shakaracharya puts it in right perspective in below excerpt from Vivekachudamani: स्वस्वरूपानुसन्धानं भक्तिरित्यभिधीयते  svasvarūpānusandhānam bhaktirityabhidhīyate…