Diwali Laxmi Puja – Deepavali Lakshmi Puja Procedure

How to do Lakshmi Puja on Diwali? What is the procedure of Diwali Lakshmi Puja? What is the significance of Laxmi Pooja during Deepavali? These are the most frequent questions I came through this season. Diwali or Deepavali is the most auspicious day to worship Goddess Lakshmi. Laxmi pooja during Diwali brings every type of wealth to the performer of the puja. Laxmi blesses the performer with wealth, health, property and prosperity.

How to do or perform Diwali Lakshmi Puja – Deepavali Laxmi Pooja Procedure:

The first and the foremost thing in Diwali Lakshmi puja procedure is the neatness. Puranas stated that Lakshmi resides there where neatness and cleanness exist. So, first of everything, make your home or the puja place neat. Draw some rangoli designs or the patterns to welcome Goddess Laxmi Maa.

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Steps in Diwali Laxmi Puja procedure

Take a piece of cloth (red or yellow or green in colour) and spread it at the sanctified puja place. On the cloth, spread 9 mounds of rice and keep suparis on the top of the rice mounds. The nine suparis indicate the nine planets (Navagraha devatas).

You can keep a supari in the place of Ganesh or can place a Ganesh idol.

A pot has to be filled with water and adorned with betel leaves. Keep a coconut on the top of the water filled pot.

Now dress the pot with red cloth and tie a red thread around the pot. On the pot, draw four lines with kumkum. The four lines indicate the Chatur Vedas. A Swastik is drawn on the pot. Swastik is the representation of prosperity and purity. Now, the pot with all these decorations is referred as Kalash or Purna Kumbh which represents the Universal power (Supreme deity).

In Diwali Puja thali place some silver or golden or simply rupee coins. The coin is a direct form of wealth that is Goddess Lakshmi.

Now the actual puja begins. Take some udak (water) on your left hand and sprinkle on to yourself after purifying your hands.

Place a flower on your palm and take some akshata (consecrated rice) into your hand.

Chant the Gayatri Mantra for 3 times. You can skip this step as it is an optional one.

Now start Ganesh Puja. If you don’t know Ganesh puja procedure then simply install or visualize Ganesha in your heart, chant a sloka of Ganesh and offer some flowers and akshata to Ganesh idol or the Supari representing Lord Ganesh.

In the same way pray to Lord Shiva. If you don’t know the simple Shiva puja procedure then you can chant a sloka of Lord Shiva.

Sprinkle some pure water on Kalash or Purna Kumbha. Apply some kumkum and shower akshata.

Offer a sweet and fruit to the Kalash. Treat the Kalash or Purna Kumbha as a guest and worship the sacred pot with utmost devotion. Kalash is considered as powerful as the Goddess. Kalash udak or the water of the Purna Kumbh is as holy as all the sacred rivers’.

Follow the same puja procedure with the Navagrahas or the 9 planets or the 9 supari placed at the nine locations on the puja cloth. The same puja procedure is followed with the 4 directions. Sprinkle water towards 4 directions – North, South, East and West. This puja procedure of 4 directions represent 4 dishas of the Universe.

Perform the bath to silver and gold coins with milk (ksheerabhishekam), with water (Jalabhishekam), with gulal and with flowers (Pushpabhishekam). Then offer sweet recipe to the coins. It is believed that jingling coins would let Goddess Laxmi Devi to install in your pooja place.

Install or keep Goddess Lakshmi Maa in your heart and chant a mantra or sloka or stotra of Goddess Mahalakshmi and pray to her heartfully. If you know the stotras of Lakshmi Ashtottaram or Laxmi Shatanamavali, recite the stotras.

Now it’s the time to perform Aarti to Goddess Mahalaxmi. Light the Diya and camphor for Aarti. Ring the bell while singing Lakshmi ji ki Aarti.

After performing Aarti to Lakshmi Mata, keep Lakshmi Puja Thali at a safe place. Complete the whole puja to Laxmi with devotion and dedication.

Keep your worries aside about any mistake you did unknowingly during the pooja procedure. Recite Kshama Prarthana Stotram if possible.