Important of Lakshmi Puja on Diwali | Lakshmi Puja - Festival of Diwali
Deewali is a festival of joy, splendor, brightness and happiness. The uniqueness of this festival is its harmony of five varied philosophies, with each day to a special thought or ideal.
The First Day of Diwali - Dhanteras
The Second Day of Diwali - Choti Diwali / Narak Chaturdasi
The Third Day of Diwali - Lakshmi Puja on Diwali
The third day of Diwali festival is the most important and Lakshmi-Puja is entirely devoted to the propitiation of Goddess Lakshmi.
On this very day sun enters his second course and passes Libra which is represented by the balance or scale. Therefore, this design of Libra is believed to have suggested the balancing of account books and their closing. Despite the fact that this day falls on a Amavasya is considered the most auspicious.
The day of Lakshmi-Puja falls on the dark night of Amavasya. The strains of joyous sounds of bells and drums float in the temples as man invokes the Goddess Laxmi in a wondrous holy "pouring in" of his heart. All of a sudden that impenetrable darkness is pierced by innumerable rays of light for a moment and the next moment a blaze of light descends to earth from heaven as golden-feet Deep-Lakshmi laying on the ground in all her celestial glory amidst singing of Vedic hymns.
Lakshmi Pooja, or the worship of the goddess of wealth, is the main event on Diwali in North India and the West.
It is extremely important to keep the house spotlessly clean and pure on Diwali. Goddess Lakshmi likes cleanliness, and she will visit the cleanest house first. This is also the reason why the broom is worshiped on this day with offerings of haldi and kumkum. The lamps are lit in the evening to welcome the goddess. They are believed to light his way.
Lakshmi Puja consists of a combined puja of five deities: Ganesha is worshiped at the beginning of every auspicious act as Vighnaharta, Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped in her three forms - Mahalakshmi (the goddess of wealth and money) , Mahasaraswati (the goddess of books and learning), and Mahakali (the treasurer of the gods) is also worshiped.
The Fourth Day of Diwali - Padwa and Govardhan Puja
The Fifth Day of Diwali - Bhai Duj
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