Lakshmi Puja Vrat :
During the festival of Diwali people wake up early in the morning and pay tribute to their ancestors and worship family Gods. Since it is Amavasya day(Absence of Moon at Night) many people also do shradha for their ancestors. On this day especially women in their family household observe a day long fast during Lakshmi Puja. The fast is broken after the Lakshmi puja in the evening.
Lakshmi Puja Preparations :
During the festival of Diwali most Hindu families decorate their homes and offices with flowers,mango or banana leaves and some times Ashoka leaves on the day of Lakshmi puja. It is important to keep Mangalik Kalash which should be covered with unpeeled cocunut at both sides of the main entrances of your home.
For performing Lakshmi puja, one should keep a red cloth at the right hand side on a raised platform and place idols of Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on it after decourating them with silk cloths and jewellery, we should also place Navagraha Gods by keeping a cloth at the left hand side. One should make nine slots of Akshata(unbroken rice) for placing Navagraha on the white cloth and make sixteen slots of wheat on the red cloth. After this preparations one should perform Lakshmi puja with full knowledge to the mantras.
Lakshmi Puja Muhurat(Timing) :
There is a particular time to perform Lakshmi puja. That is 'Pradosh Kaal' which will come after the sunset and lasts for about 2 hours and 24 minutes is good time to perform Lakshmi puja. It is also said that Mahanishita kaal is also the best time to perform Lakshmi puja. But during Mahanishita Kaal , only the best pundits who has the best about Lakshmi puja perform during this special time. For other common people 'pradosh Khal muhurat' is the best.
Birth of Goddess Lakshmi :
Some of the Hindu religious texts say Goddess Lakshmi is the daughter of Bhrigu Maharishi, who is one of the saptarshis. During the churning of the milky ocean She was reborn , then she choose Lord Vishnu as her consort. She is also the incarnation of Goddess Sita and Goddess Radha.
During the festival of Diwali people wake up early in the morning and pay tribute to their ancestors and worship family Gods. Since it is Amavasya day(Absence of Moon at Night) many people also do shradha for their ancestors. On this day especially women in their family household observe a day long fast during Lakshmi Puja. The fast is broken after the Lakshmi puja in the evening.
During the festival of Diwali most Hindu families decorate their homes and offices with flowers,mango or banana leaves and some times Ashoka leaves on the day of Lakshmi puja. It is important to keep Mangalik Kalash which should be covered with unpeeled cocunut at both sides of the main entrances of your home.
For performing Lakshmi puja, one should keep a red cloth at the right hand side on a raised platform and place idols of Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on it after decourating them with silk cloths and jewellery, we should also place Navagraha Gods by keeping a cloth at the left hand side. One should make nine slots of Akshata(unbroken rice) for placing Navagraha on the white cloth and make sixteen slots of wheat on the red cloth. After this preparations one should perform Lakshmi puja with full knowledge to the mantras.
Lakshmi Puja Muhurat(Timing) :
There is a particular time to perform Lakshmi puja. That is 'Pradosh Kaal' which will come after the sunset and lasts for about 2 hours and 24 minutes is good time to perform Lakshmi puja. It is also said that Mahanishita kaal is also the best time to perform Lakshmi puja. But during Mahanishita Kaal , only the best pundits who has the best about Lakshmi puja perform during this special time. For other common people 'pradosh Khal muhurat' is the best.
Birth of Goddess Lakshmi :
Some of the Hindu religious texts say Goddess Lakshmi is the daughter of Bhrigu Maharishi, who is one of the saptarshis. During the churning of the milky ocean She was reborn , then she choose Lord Vishnu as her consort. She is also the incarnation of Goddess Sita and Goddess Radha.
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