Aug 16
Varalakshmi Nombu
Hi friends. This is post is dedicated purely to my Chithi. This day is a special day for Hindus where they worship Lord Lakshmi. It is believed that worshipping Goddess Lakshmi on this day gives the benefits of worshipping Ashta Lakshmi – the eight goddesses of Earth, Learning, Wealth, Love, Fame, Strength, Peace and Pleasure.
On the day, homes are cleaned and will be decorated with mango leaves and rangoli. Footprints of the goddess will be painted from the threshold to the place of worship, symbolically welcoming the goddess of wealth Mahalakshmi.
We all gathered in my Chithi house and Shlokas were dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the idol of the goddess is decorated, a Kalash half-filled with rice and neck of the pot is decorated with fresh mango and betel leaves, a coconut smeared with haldi and kumkum and cloth are placed in the puja area and Goddess Lakshmi is invoked therein. Women fast till the puja is over. Special dishes like vada, dal vadas and sweets like payasam were prepared on the day.
August 16th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
[...] Well today is a special day for Hindus and specifically to Brahmins(White Cross Members). We celebrate this day grandly as this is a special day where we often declare this society that we are Brahmins and worship Lord Suryan who gives an extraordinary power by chanting a manthira called “Gayathri Manthra”. It was celebrated usually in my house and i had a heavy food in the morning itself. Day before yesterday we celebrated Varalakshmi Nombu in my Chithi house.More information are given here [...]
August 21st, 2008 at 11:02 am
Where did you copy paste the last paragraph from?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Full copy, I see.
http://www.hindu-blog.com/2008/07/varalakshmi-nombu.html
August 21st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Aiyo yo Gany matikitan. Naye won’t write post on your own da. If you write also it’ll be just 4-5 lines.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 am
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September 2nd, 2008 at 7:46 am
Seri vidunga.