Hindus love to sing to God. If you worship with Hindus, there are smells, sounds, colors, food, singing — a circus of the senses. Hindus believe that God needs love — just as we do. And so they clothe statues of deities in fine garments, provide food and flowers, light incense, and sing to them, devotional songs, for hours and hours. This is truly like making love with the divine.
— Wayne Muller, How, Then, Shall We Live?