Simple Ways of Doing Mahalakshmi Pooja On Every Friday
To perform a simple Friday Lakshmi pooja at home, first clean your home and pooja area. Arrange the idol or picture of Goddess Lakshmi, and Lord Ganesha. Then purifying the space, invokes Ganesha and offer prayers to Lakshmi with flowers, kumkum, and rice. Light a diya, chant a simple mantra, and perform aarti, followed by offering prasad. Here we see step by step methods.
- Sprinkle some water or holy water around the altar to purify the area.
- Place the idols or pictures of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on the altar, which can be covered with a red or yellow cloth.
- Light an incense stick and offer a flower to Lord Ganesha, praying to him to remove obstacles.
- Then offer flowers, kumkum, and rice to the idol of Goddess Lakshmi.
- Recite a simple matra like "Om Shri Mahalakshmi Namaha" 108 times while offering rice, coins and flowers.
- Light a diya and incense, and place them on the altar.
- Offer other items like fruits, sweets, or coconut, and pray for blessings of prosperity and happiness.
- Perform aarti by circling the lamp (diya) clockwise around the deities while singing hymns.
- Offer the prepared prasad (sweets or fruits) to the Goddess.
- After the aarti, bow down to seek blessings. Distribute the prasad to family and friends. You can also place some of the consecrated rice in your kitchen stock for prosperity.
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