Detailed Information about Lakshmi Puja Festival & Its Importance

Religion is an integral part of the Indian society where we find the Hindus, the Muslims, the Christians the Sikhs, the Jains, the Buddhists all living in a harmony to make India a place no less pious and holy than any other county of the world. Nowhere in this world can one find any country with such diversity. The majority of the Indians are the Hindus and there are more than 33 million gods and goddess and you will find a mention of every god or some festival related to every God in the holy books. Lakshmi puja is a major festival in India that falls in the months of October- November and that brings with it the most awaited holidays of the year the Diwali holidays. It is called the festival of lights that lits up the hearts of the every individual with feelings of brotherhood and solidarity.

On the day of the Lakshmi puja the goddesses Lakshmi is worshipped who according to the Hindu philosophy is believed to be the goddesses of wealth and prosperity. The word Lakshmi comes from the word "lakshya" or "goals". So goddesses Lakshmi has been known to be the goddesses who grants the wishes or fulfils the goals of the people.

Goddesses Lakshmi is a Hindu mythological figure who has been seen to bear four hands. She remains seated or standing on lotus flower and a similar lotus bud in her hand that symbolises purity, beauty and fertility. The four hands of the goddesses are a representation of the virtues of life like dharma that means righteousness, the artha that means wealth, the Kama or desires and finally moksha or the end from the cycle of birth and rebirth. One hand shows gold coins pouring out from her hand symbolising prosperity.

There are few steps that should be followed for the proper prayer offerings to the goddesses Lakshmi. Let us give you a proper ways.

The first step is to clean the entire house thoroughly so as to invite the goddesses into the house as its said cleanliness is next to godliness. Then the next step is the placing of the idol in which usually a red cloth is spread on a red platform and then on a handful of grains the kalash or the pot is placed. The kalash is usually filled with water and then beetle nut, some coins, again some grains of rice and finally five mango leaves coming out of the pot in a spreaded way.

Then the lotus is drawn with the coloured powder that is called the rangoli. Then the idol of lord Ganesha is placed on the left hand side of the idol of the goddesses as lord Ganesha who is the foremost of the gods that is to be worshipped always and it is believed that no prayer is complete without the first prayer of lord Ganesha.

The idol is purified using things like holy water, the ghee, curd, milk and then the flowers are offered. Then the goddess is offered the Aarati by chanting the hymns that are usually in Sanskrit language.

The event is celebrated by bursting plenty of crackers and lightning up of lights.