Goddess Lakshmi

Shree Lakshmi Puja

Performed to invite wealth, abundance and steady prosperity into the home and business.

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मंदिर · Temple: Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur
अवधि · Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours · with kanakdhara path
देवता · Deity: Goddess Lakshmi

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The rite at a glance

What it is

Lakshmi Puja is worship of Goddess Lakshmi, the deity of wealth and well-being, with lamps, flowers, sweets and aarti. The main one of the year is on the night of Diwali. Friday evening is the usual weekly day.

Its blessings and purpose

Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped for prosperity, a steady livelihood and a settled, auspicious home.
Many business families worship their account books on Diwali night and begin the new year under her blessing.
Worshipped with devotion, honest work and gratitude, Lakshmi blesses the household with abundance, as the scriptures teach.

When it is done

Diwali night, in the evening twilight on Kartik Amavasya.
Friday evenings, Purnima and Navratri.

Upcoming dates

Dhanteras, 6 November 2026
Diwali, 8 November 2026
Dhanteras, 27 October 2027

From the festival calendar on this site. Your priest will confirm the exact time for your city.

Vidhi in brief

Clean and purify the puja space. Draw a rangoli with chalk or flower petals
Set up the idol of Goddess Lakshmi with Lord Ganesha to her right
Perform Ganesh Puja first
Invoke Goddess Lakshmi with the mantra: Om Shreem Hreem Shreem Kamale Kamalalaye Praseed Praseed
Offer lotus flowers, marigold, and tulsi to the Goddess
Offer sweets (kheer or pedha) and fruits as Naivaidya
Light all diyas and perform aarti: 'Jai Lakshmi Mata'
Distribute prasad and conclude with Aarti

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Key mantra

ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमः

Om Mahālakṣmyai namaḥ

Salutations to the Great Lakshmi.

How long it takes

Approx. 1.5 hours · with kanakdhara path

What happens

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Kumkumarchana (worship with vermilion) and a panchamrit abhishek (ritual bath with milk, curd, honey, ghee and sugar) offered to the Devi, closed with aarti.

Samagri

what the ritual uses.

Kumkum, haldi and akshat (rice)
Panchamrit (milk, curd, honey, ghee, sugar)
Lotus and marigold flowers
Kamal gatta (lotus seeds) and cowrie shells
A coin or small silver Lakshmi image

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The temple's own named sevas (Kumkumarchan, Panchamrit Abhishek, Mahabhishek) follow the Maharashtrian shakti-peetha tradition; the wider samagri list above (kamal gatta, cowries, coin) is the common North/West Indian Diwali-season Lakshmi puja — practice varies by region and household.

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