In most homes the husband or wife conducts the daily worship. A number of important religious ceremonies are performed at home, including the one in which boys officially become members of the Hindu community. Others include marriage ceremonies and rituals connected with pregnancy and childbirth. Hinduism considers temples as buildings dedicated to divinities. Its followers worship as individuals, not as congregations.
Most Hindu temples have many shrines, each of which is devoted to a divinity.
Each temple also has one principal shrine devoted to a single important god or goddess. The shrines portray the divinities in sculptured images. Hindus treat these images as living human beings. For example, every day priests wash and dress the images and bring them food. Hindus do not consider this custom idol worship.