Lakshmi Ashtotram & Lakshmi Sahasranamam Download in Varalakshmi Vratam/ Pooja 2010

In Varalakshmi Vratam or Mahalakshmi Vrata or Varalaksmi Vratha, Lakshmi Ashtotram & Lakshmi Sahasranamam Download is important to perform Varalakshmi Vratam/ Pooja (2010). Varalakshmi Vratam/ Pooja is observed by married women in South India and Maharashtra. In 2010, the date of Varalakshmi Vratham is August 20. Goddess Lakshmi the goddess of wealth and prosperity is worshipped on this day of Varalakshmi Vratam or Mahalakshmi Vrata or Varalaksmi Vratha. Checkout here for Lakshmi Ashtotram & Lakshmi Sahasranamam free MP3 Download and How to do Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhanam.

Varalakshmi literally means the boon granting goddess. Worshipping Goddess Lakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshipping Ashtalaksmi – the eight goddesses of Wealth, Earth, Learning, Love, Fame, Peace, Pleasure, and Strength.

Lakshmi Ashtothram or Shri Lakshmi Astothara Sathanamavali, is the 108 names of Goddess Mahalaksmi. Laxmi Ashtotharam is read to attain peace, prosperity and wealth. Here is a Lakshmi Ashtothram audio in MP3 format with a starting explanation regarding the merits of reading the Mahalaksmi Sathanamavali.

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How to do Varalakshmi Pooja Vidhanam ?

On the day of Varalakshmi vratam, women clean their homes and decorate their front yards with rangolis. Later, they take a bath and deck themselves with beautiful clothes and jewellery. They then begin the process of performing the vrata by first arranging the kalasha or sacred pot. They fill the pot with rice and water which symbolize prosperity and cover it with mango and betel leaves. They then place a coconut smeared with turmeric and vermilion on the kalasha and also decorate the coconut with a new cloth. Some people decorate the kalasha with many kinds of jewels to make it look more beautiful. They place this kalasha on a plate filled with rice.

The main puja begins by worshiping Lord Ganesha, who is believed to drive away all obstacles and evil forces. Later, goddess Mahalakshmi is invoked into the kalasha. They then worship a couple of torams (a bunch of nine threads with nine knots) and tie one to the kalasha while the other one is tied around the right hand wrist of the lady performing the pooja. Later, they chant the Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamam. They then offer the goddess nine varieties of delicacies including both sweets and savories. In conclusion of the vratam, they sing hymns in praise of goddess Varalakshmi and also invite another married woman assuming her to be goddess Varalakshmi and offer her sweets. That evening, they invite all the neighboring laides to their homes and offer them tamboolam, an offering consisting of betel leaves, fruits, betel nuts, vermilion, turmeric and dakshina (money). They also collectively sing songs in praise of goddess Varalakshmi.