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Kartik · October · Shorot (Autumn)

Lakshmi Puja

By our Culture Correspondent

Lakshmi Puja
Lakshmi Puja · Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain

Lakshmi Puja honours the goddess of prosperity and wellbeing, often soon after Durga Puja. Homes are cleaned and welcoming spaces prepared for worship.

“The puja expresses hopes for abundance, peace, and wellbeing. Household worship makes prosperity a shared family prayer.”

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