Home›Devotional Rituals›Obligation›Recommended and meritorious, not requiredBrowse ByRecommended and meritorious, not requiredThis page groups rituals by whether performing them is a required duty or a voluntary devotion. Wikipedia notes that "for daily prayers, practicing Muslims must perform a ritual recitation from the Quran in Arabic while bowing and prostrating." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a mandatory rite from one an adherent may choose to observe or not.FactsLearn MoreRecommended and meritorious, not requiredSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.Recommended and meritorious, not requiredFilter Results4 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-400 (1)500 (1)Unesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)FrequencyAllAnnual (2)As the occasion requires (1)Daily (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (4)Social FormAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (3)Lay people (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)Native To RegionAllArabia (1)India (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Persia (1)Holds ElementAllFire (1)TraditionAllShia (Twelver) (1)Originated InAllArabia (1)India (1)Indian Subcontinent (1)Persia (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Classical Persian (1)Pali (1)Kind of ritualAllHindu Murti Veneration Rites (1)Indic and Buddhist Devotional Rites (1)Islamic Devotional Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4AartiRecommended and meritorious, not requiredKathina (robe offering)Recommended and meritorious, not requiredSalat al-IstisqaRecommended and meritorious, not requiredTa'ziyehRecommended and meritorious, not requiredSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.