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Lakshmi Pooja: 24 October 2022
Best Time: 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm IST
Pooja Mantra:
Ganesh Mantra:
ॐ श्री महागणपतये नमः। om śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ |
Lakshmi Mantra:
ॐ श्रीं श्रीये नमः
om śrīṁ śrīye namaḥ
How to Do Pooja
- Place a white cloth on the pooja altar and draw seven swastikas from turmeric and kumkum.
- Cover the left side of the altar with a red piece of cloth.
- Place the statue of Lakshmi on your left and Ganesh on your right.
- Lakshmi should be on the red cloth and Ganesh on the white fabric.
- Take a clean plate cover with rice and rose petals. Place a photo of Shri Vishnu on the plate and keep it behind the Lakshmi statue.
- Now light a mustard oil lamp and a ghee lamp.
- Keep the Ghee lamp on the left and the oil lamp on the right.
- Offer eleven times Durva Grass to Shri Ganesh with this Mantra:
वक्रतुण्डाय हुं | vakratundaya huṁ - Light an incense stick and offer it.
- Now offer the two lamps by showing them to the three deities.
- Offer pink or yellow clothes to Shri Lakshmi and red dresses to Shri Ganesh.
- Offer nevaidyam (bhog) to all the deities. The best is to offer kheer, jaggery and sweets made of gram flour.
- Offers flowers to all three deities.
- Offer lotus flowers to Shri Vishnu and Lakshmi.
- Now Sit down and do the Lakshmi Mantra and then the Ganesh mantra.
Kali Pooja
Time: 11:22 pm (24 Oct 2022) – 00:22 am (25 Oct 2022)
Mantra:
क्रीं क्रीं दक्षिणकालिके ठः ठः | krīṁ krīṁ dakṣiṇakālike ṭhaḥ ṭhaḥ
Shiva Mantra
ॐ नमः शिवाय | om namaḥ śivāya
Chant eleven malas of the Kali mantra and then one mala of the Shiva Mantra.
Mahalakshmi Pooja: 25 Oct 2022
Mahalakshmi Pooja: 25 Oct 2022
Time: At Sunrise as per local time.
Mantra:
ॐ श्रीं महलक्ष्मयै नमः
om śrīṁ mahalakṣmayai namaḥ
ॐ ऋषिकेशाय नमः
om ṛṣikeśāya namaḥ
The Sutak for Surya Grahan will begin at 4 a.m. One should not do any pooja at the temple. Just simply chant the mantra and complete Pooja.
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