copy 'n' past from my own comment
I am not a hindu either but when they have a puja is it worshipping one of their gods, and I'm assuming the god is in spirit form, therefore as their praise the god it's for him to join them in the gathering and praise him. Now this puja, seemed like showing off of priests and demanding how much he will receive in donation, that was laughable, as donation does not have a "rate card" if he carries around a rate card that makes it wages not a donation freely given, and the other one, I'm insulted that you are giving him more then me, as I'm better at the storytelling of Shiva, what type of priests are these? I just hope there aren't any like them in real life.
Don't get me started on the guests of the puja, them also not coming with a humble heart to the puja, they came to gossip and have a laugh at people...are people really like this??? Do they come to gatherings for worshipping god and behave like they have gone to a gathering to worship saturn!!! Because mocking and laughing at people that is saturn's work not gods!!!