Simple Lakshmi Puja

Simple Dipawali Lakshmi Puja

Puja Items (all items available in local grocery stores)

Kumkum Powder 1 spoon

Turmeric Haldi 1 spoon

Chandan Powder 1 spoon

Agarbatti / Dhoopsticks 4 aggarbatti sticks

Flowers some

Bell

Camphor Dhoop patra

Oil lamp (if available)

Kalash

Ghee Lamp

Panchpatra Achman

Puja Plate

Camphor 1 pkt

Peetham (optional)

Raw Rice 1 cup

Milk 1 cup Curd 1 cup Ghee 1 cup Honey 2 spoon Sugar 1 cup Paper roll Ganesha Idol Mahalakshmi Idol

or picture Lakshmi coins 5 Dollar

quarters Few spoons Few paper plates Cotton wicks to

light lamp Betel nuts 1 paket

Betel leaves (5)

Red or white cloth (towel or blouse piece)

Home cooked prasadam

sweets

Banana 1 dozen


1. Face East 2. Place peetham in front of you, and spread red cloth or unused small towel on top 3. Place Goddess Lakshmis picture on top of the red cloth. 4. Put oil lamps on both side 5. Put Aggarbatti on the right hand side of the picture 6. Prepare a plate with kumkum, chandan, turmeric power, coins, betel nuts, and leaves. 7. Place banana on side 8. Place Prasad on side 9. Take 1 cup of raw rice, mix couple of pinches of turmeric powder, mix it really well and sprinkle

couple of water drops and mix it again this is called akshata. 10. Place flowers on your right hand side and put akshata (prepared above) in the same plate 11. Keep water filled kalasha ready to your left 12. Place panchapatram or a cup filled with water and spoon in your front 13. Place paper napkins on side 14. Keep ganesha idol, lakshmi idol, lakshmi coins right in front of the picture 15. Your wife will sit on your right for the puja 16. Take bath and wear new clothes and do namaskar to your parents, guru or their picture and start

puja. 17. The puja described here is very simple, if you know additional mantras or wants to play CD or tape

later on, please feel free to do that.


om sarvebhyo gurubhyo nama | om sarvebhyo devebhyo nama | om sarvebhyo brhmaebhyo nama || prrabha krya nirvighnamastu | ubha obhanamastu | ia devat kuladevat suprasann varad bhavatu || anuj dehi || dpa sthpan atha devasya vma bhge dpa sthpana kariye | (light lamp on the left side of the picture, if you have two oil lamps you can place both of them on either side otherwise on the left handside of the devata) camanam

(take a spoonful of water sip it, and repeat the process three times with each mantra outlined below and wash your hands at end) om keavya svh | om nryaya svh | om mdhavya svh | do namskaram with each following mantra.


om govidya nama | om viave nama | om madhusdanya nama | om trivikramya nama | om vmanya nama | om rdharya nama | om hkeya nama | om padmanbhya nama | om dmodarya nama | om sakaraya nama | om vsudevya nama | om pradyumnya nama | om aniruddhya nama | om puruottamya nama | om adhokajya nama | om nrasihya nama | om acyutya nama | om janrdanya nama | om upedrya nama | om haraye nama | r kya nama || pryma (take a spoonful water in your hand) om praavasya parabrahma i | paramtm devat | daiv gyatr chanda | pryme viniyoga || (Drop water from your hand in a plate) (Sit straight, fill your lungs with air, hold it and exhale) om bh | om bhuva | om sva | om maha | om jana | om tapa | om satyam | om tatsaviturvareya bhargodevasya dhmah dhiyo yo na pracodayt || om pojyoti rasomta brahma bhrbhuvassuvarom || (offer flower petals akshata to lord ganesha)


om r mahgadhipataye nama | r gurubhyo nama | r sarasvatyai nama | r vedya nama | r vedapuruya nama | iadevatbhyo nama | kuladevatbhyo nama | sthnadevatbhyo nama | grmadevatbhyo nama | vstudevatbhyo nama | acpuradarbhy nama | ummahevarbhy nama | mtpitbhy nama | padmvat nryabhy nama | sarvebhyo devebhyo namo nama | sarvebhyo brhmaebhyo namo nama | karma pradhna devatbhyo namo nama || || avighnamastu || (please keep offering flower petals or akshata to lord ganeshas idol)


sumukhaca ekadataca kapilo gajakaraka | labodaraca vikao vighna no gadhipa || dhmraketurgadhyako blacandro gajnana | dvdaaitni nmni ya pahet ruuydapi || vidyrabhe vivhe ca pravee nirgame tath | sagrme sakaacaiva vighna tasya na jyate || uklbaradhara deva aivara caturbhujam | prasanna vadana dhyyet sarva vighnopa taye || sarvamagala mgalye ive sarvrtha sdhike | araye trayabake devi nryai namo'stute || sarvad sarva kryeu nsti te amagalam | ye hdistho bhagavn magalyatano hari || tadeva lagna sudina tadeva trbala cadrabala tadeva | vidy bala daivabala tadeva padmvatpate teghri'yuga smarmi || lbhaste jayaste kutaste parjaya | ye indvara ymo hdayastho janrdana || vinyaka guru bhnu brahmviumahevarn | sarasvat praamydau sarva kryrtha siddhaye || sakalpa (Hold flowers, akshata, a coin, water drops, betel nut in your both hands together) -- - - -


om prvokta eva gua vieaa viiy ubhapuyatithau mama tmana ruti-smti-purokta phala-prptyartha mama sa-kuumbasya kema sthairya yu-rrogya caturvidha pururtha sidhyartha dipval lakm pjm aha kariye || ida phala maydeva sthpita puratastava | tena me saphalvptirbhavet janmani janmani || (offer flowers, akshata, a coin, water drops, betel nut in front goddess) gaapati pj (hold a spoonful water in your right hand, chant following and offer the water at the end) (offer water in hand to lord) dau nirvighnatsidhyartha mah gaapati pjana kariye | om gan tv aunako gtsamado gaapatirjagati gaapatyvhane viniyoga || (offer water in hand to lord) (offer akshata) (offer akshata) om bhrbhuvasva mahgaapataye nama | vhaymi | (offer akshata) om bhrbhuvasva mahgaapataye nama | dhyymi | dhyna samarpaymi | (offer akshata) (offer akshata) (offer flower petals, akshata) (sprinkle water on ganeshas feet) (offer flower petals, water drops and akshata) (offer a spoonful water) (offer a spoonful water for bathing) (offer akshata, flowers )


om mahgaapataye nama | daki samarpaymi | (offer coins) om mahgaapataye nama | rtikya samarpaymi | (light ghee lamp, do arati three times) om bhrbhuvasva mahgaapataye nama | mantrapupa samarpaymi | (offer flowers) om bhrbhuvasva mahgaapataye nama | pradakin namaskrn samarpaymi | (offer akshata, flowers) om mahgaapataye nama | sarva rjopacrn samarpaymi || (offer akshata) : anay pjay vighnahart mahgaapati priyatm || lakm pj (offer akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | vhaymi | (offer akshata) (offer akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | dhyymi | dhyna samarpaymi | (offer akshata) (offer akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | vhana samarpaymi | (offer akshata) (offer flower petals, akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | sana samarpaymi | (offer flower petals, akshata) (sprinkle water on goddesss picture or idol or coins) om namo mahlakmyai nama | pdya samarpaymi | (sprinkle water drops) (offer flower petals, water drops and akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | arghya samarpaymi | (offer flower petals, water drops and akshata)


(offer a spoonful water) om namo mahlakmyai nama | camanya samarpaymi | (offer a spoonful water) (offer a spoonful water for bathing) om namo mahlakmyai nama | snna samarpaymi | (offer a spoonful water) Now chat following mantra 108 times and keep offering mixture of milk, curd, ghee, sugar and honey on mahalakshmis idol, lakshmi coins, if you dont have lakshmi coins you can use regular dollar coins etc and then pour clean water cleanse and put again them in clean puja plate. om namo mahlakmyai nama | Now chant following and wash vigraham, idol, coins with clean water, rinse and place them in clean puja plate. (offer a spoonful water for bathing) om namo mahlakmyai nama | abhieka snna samarpaymi | (offer a spoonful water) (offer a spoonful water) om namo mahlakmyai nama | camanya samarpaymi | (offer a spoonful water) (offer akshata, flowers ) om namo mahlakmyai nama | vastra samarpaymi | (offer akshata, flowers ) (offer sandalwood paste) om namo mahlakmyai nama | cadana samarpaymi | (offer chandan paste) (offer kumkum) om namo mahlakmyai nama | parimala dravya samarpaymi | (offer kumkum) (offer flower petals) om namo mahlakmyai nama | pupi samarpaymi | (offer flower petals)


Now take flower petals chant following mantras one after another and keep offering petals. Alternatively you can also offer flower petals by chanting om namo mahlakmyai nama | 108 times. ---


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(offer few coins ) om namo mahlakmyai nama | daki samarpaymi | (offer coins) Mahalakshmi Aarati (Light lamp and do aarati)

Om Jai Laxmi Mata, Maiya JaiLaxmi Mata, Tumko nis din sevat, Hari, Vishnu Data.. Om Jai Laxmi Mata Uma Rama Brahmaani, Tum ho Jag Mata..Maiya, Tum ho Jag Mata, Surya ChanraMa dhyaavat, Naarad Rishi gaataOm Jai Laxmi Mata. Durga Roop Niranjani, Sukh Sampati Data, ..Maiya Sukh Sampati Data Jo koyee tumko dhyaataa, Ridhee Sidhee dhan paataa.Om Jai Laxmi Mata. Jis ghar mein tu rehtee, sab sukh guna aataa,.Maiya sab sukh guna aataa, Taap paap mit jaataa, Man naheen ghabraataa..Om Jai Laxmi Mata Dhoop Deep phal meva, Ma sweekaar karo,..Maiya Ma sweekaar karo, Gyaan prakaash karo Ma, Moha agyaan haro.Om Jai Laxmi Mata. Maha Laxmiji ki Aarti, nis din jo gaaveyMaiya nis din jo gaavey, Dukh jaavey, sukh aavey, Ati aananda paaveyOm Jai Laxmi Mata.

(light ghee lamp, do arati three times) om namo mahlakmyai nama | rtikya samarpaymi | (light ghee lamp, do arati three times) (offer flowers) om namo mahlakmyai nama | mantrapupa samarpaymi | (offer flowers) (offer akshata, flowers) om namo mahlakmyai nama | pradakin namaskrn samarpaymi | (offer akshata, flowers) (offer akshata) om namo mahlakmyai nama | sarva rjopacrn samarpaymi || (offer akshata) : anay pjay mahlakm priyatm ||


You can add more mantras here to chant or play bhajan or mantra CDs etc, sing some bhajans, . Now udyapan puja is basically on the panchami tithi of the kartika shukla paksha, or as per your family tradition. You can just do the entire puja again or you can just do the lakshmi puja as outlined here. If you live in Greater Seatte area, please visit Hindu Temple Bothell after your puja is done to take blessings of goddess lakshmi. Please participate in temple pujas. Hindu Temple Bothells website is at http://www.htccwa.org

Simple Lakshmi Puja

Documents

hand om praavasya parabrahma

picture lakshmi coins

place flowers

place banana

place peetham

cup ghee

place panchapatram

place prasad