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    This document provides details about Varalakshmi Vratam, a Hindu festival celebrated by married women seeking wealth and prosperity. It is observed on a Friday before the full moon in the month of Sravana. Women clean their homes, perform puja involving offerings to goddess Mahalakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and invite other women to share in the celebrations. The festival aims to invoke blessings through rituals like decorating a sacred pot with offerings and reciting prayers to goddess Varalakshmi.

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    This document provides details about Varalakshmi Vratam, a Hindu festival celebrated by married women seeking wealth and prosperity. It is observed on a Friday before the full moon in the month of Sravana. Women clean their homes, perform puja involving offerings to goddess Mahalakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and invite other women to share in the celebrations. The festival aims to invoke blessings through rituals like decorating a sacred pot with offerings and reciting prayers to goddess Varalakshmi.

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    Varalakshmi Vratam: How to do Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhanam ?

    Posted on Aug 19, 2010

    Varalakshmi Vratam or Mahalakshmi Vrata or Varalaksmi Vratha is


    a sacred day to do Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhanam in Hinduism on varamahalakshmi festival 2010. The Varalakshmi

    Pooja ceremony is performed by married Hindu ladies on the Friday before the full moon in the month of Sravana in

    the Hindu calendar. Those who cannot perform it on thatVaralakshmi Vratam day, can do it on any other Friday in

    that month. This is an important Vratha, meaning a vowed religious observance in Sanskrit. Varamahalakshmi Vratha

    or Varalakshmi Pooja is performed more commonly in the southern Indian States of Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

    and also in parts of Maharashtra and Orissa. People in these places want to know How to do Varalakshmi Pooja

    Vidhanam ? to seek the blessings of the goddess Mahalakshmi, wife of Lord Vishnu, who is considered to be the

    abode of wealth and prosperity. Checkout here for varalakshmi vratham pooja audio, about Varalakshmi Vratam and

    way to perform Varalakshmi Vratam/ Vrata

    Legend behind Varalakshmi Vratam or Mahalakshmi Vrata or Varalaksmi Vratha:

    1. There is a legend that says that this vratam was recommended by

    Lord Shiva to his wife Parvati to gain wealth and prosperity.

    2. There is also another legend that tells of a very pious lady Charumati who was asked by the goddess Varalakshmi,

    in her dream, to do the vratam in order to fulfill her wishes. She performed the vratam along with other ladies in her

    village with great devotion. They offered the deity lots of delicacies and once the vratam was completed, they were

    amazed to find their bodies decked with expensive jewels and their homes full of riches. From then on, women

    started performing this vratam every year seeking wealth and prosperity in their families.
    How to do Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhanam ?

    On the day of Varalakshmi vratam, women clean their homes and

    decorate their front yards with rangolis. Later, they take a bath and deck themselves with beautiful clothes and

    jewellery. They then begin the process of performing the vrata by first arranging the kalasha or sacred pot. They fill

    the pot with rice and water which symbolize prosperity and cover it with mango and betel leaves. They then place a

    coconut smeared with turmeric and vermilion on the kalasha and also decorate the coconut with a new cloth. Some

    people decorate the kalasha with many kinds of jewels to make it look more beautiful. They place this kalasha on a

    plate filled with rice.

    The main puja begins by worshiping Lord Ganesha, who is believed

    to drive away all obstacles and evil forces. Later, goddess Mahalakshmi is invoked into the kalasha. They then

    worship a couple of torams (a bunch of nine threads with nine knots) and tie one to the kalasha while the other one is

    tied around the right hand wrist of the lady performing the pooja. Later, they chant the Lakshmi Ashtottara

    Shatanamam. They then offer the goddess nine varieties of delicacies including both sweets and savories. In

    conclusion of the vratam, they sing hymns in praise of goddess Varalakshmi and also invite another married woman

    assuming her to be goddess Varalakshmi and offer her sweets. That evening, they invite all the neighboring laides to

    their homes and offer them tamboolam, an offering consisting of betel leaves, fruits, betel nuts, vermilion, turmeric

    and dakshina (money). They also collectively sing songs in praise of goddess Varalakshmi.

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