What should we eat during varalakshmi Vratham?
Offer fresh fruits, sweets, and water to the goddess. Perform Goddess Lakshmi Aarti with diya, kapoor and agarbatti. It’s advisable to refrain eating anything on this day and devotees should keep fast till late night. Those who want to perform Varalakshmi Vratam should refrain from eating meals on this day.
How many items do you need for Naivedyam?
Goddess Lakshmi loves special dishes prepared with milk, jaggery, rice, coconut, dal and ghee. So people offer 3, 5, 7 or 9 dishes for Varalakshmi pooja naivedyam / prasadam with these ingredients as major ones.
What are the items required for varalakshmi Pooja?
Varalakshmi Vratam Puja Samagri
- The face of the Goddess.
- A Kalash.
- Colourful fresh pieces of cloth for making the Goddess’ saree.
- Jewellery and false hair and accessories for the Goddess.
- A mirror meant for keeping behind the deity.
- 3 Coconut with its husk.
- Flowers.
What can I put in varalakshmi Kalasam?
Fill the kalash with water and offerings like raw rice and dried fruit. Other common items put inside the kalash are betel nuts, betel leaves, coins, and dates. You can also include bangles, combs, or any other feminine things that the goddess would appreciate. The rice symbolizes prosperity and good fortune.
What is the Favourite food of Goddess Lakshmi?
Lakshmi, the Goddess of bounty and opulence is believed Kheer and Malpua and in some mythological texts, she is said to be worshipped with amla and even chillies!
Can pregnant ladies do varalakshmi Pooja?
Women can perform Varalakhmi Vrata till 5th month of pregnancy period. After that, it is considered as theetu so not advisable to perform the pooja.
What is the Favourite food of goddess Lakshmi?
Which direction should varalakshmi face?
The pooja mandir, in which the deities are placed, should face in the east-west direction in the north-east corner so that the pooja performer will face either east or west, which is good.
What should we put inside Kalasam?
First add rice to the silver pot/kalasam, next add dried dates, followed by raisins, coins, betel leaves, vermilion and turmeric, lemon, and kaatholai karugamnai, which is very important. Insert a bunch of fresh mango leaves in the center.