Celebrating Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and people perform Lakshmi puja on the third day of Diwali festival. It is believed that performing Lakshmi puja on this day is very lucky and brings wealth to the home. Business people prepare their new account on this day and close their old account. Despite that amavasya falls in this day, it is the most auspicious day being the time of Diwali festival.
Temple around the country performs puja and priest and worshipper’s bell drums to invoke Goddess Lakshmi to pour more wealth into the people’s faith. It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi itself walks into the green fields and shower blessings to the farmers for more prosperity.
Women on this day wear saree and draw rangoli outside their home and light diyas and keep their entrance door open to welcome Goddess Lakshmi. Before this festival people keep their house clean, however, it is believed that Goddess Lakshmi enters those homes which are clean and pure. This is reason behind the worshipping of broom on this day.
Whole India lights up during Diwali and Lakshmi puja is the most auspicious day for Indian family. People during this day buy new products for their home and individual who wants to start new business do start from this day.
On this day, people make new dishes and visit each other home and distribute sweets on the occasion of Diwali and Lakshmi puja. Goddess Lakshmi is also called in different name such as Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati and Mahakali.
People of different caste perform Lakshmi puja n different method. People of North India, celebrate Lakshmi puja with large pomp and all the Devi temple across India perform various puja and take the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi so to have great prosperity and wealth in the life.
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