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  2. Lakshmi Puja - Wikipedia

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    Lakshmi Puja or Lokkhi Pujo (Nepali, Maithili, Sanskrit and Hindi:लक्ष्मी पूजा, Bengali:লক্ষ্মী পূজা, Odia(ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ପୂଜା),Romanised:Lakṣmī Pūjā/Loķhī Pūjō) is a Hindu occasion for the veneration of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity and the Supreme Goddess of Vaishnavism. [1]

  3. Lakshmi - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... [28] [29] The day of Lakshmi Puja during Navaratri, ... Lakshmi in Sanskrit is derived from the root word lak ...

  4. Varalakshmi Vratam - Wikipedia

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    Varalakshmi Vratam (Sanskrit: वरलक्ष्मी व्रतम्, romanized: Varalakṣmī Vratam), also called Varalakshmi Puja, is a Hindu observance to propitiate the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. [1] Varalakshmi is the manifestation of Lakshmi who grants boons (varam).

  5. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... The main day of the festival of Diwali (the day of Lakshmi Puja) is an official holiday ... Sanskrit inscriptions in stone and ...

  6. Ashta Lakshmi - Wikipedia

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    Dhanya Lakshmi (Grain Lakshmi) is the form of Lakshmi who represents the wealth of agriculture. [3] Dhanya Lakshmi is also the aspect of Lakshmi who provides resources to adherents for their sustenance and well-being. She is depicted as eight-armed, dressed in green garments, carrying two lotuses, a gada , paddy crop, sugarcane, and bananas.

  7. Shaktism - Wikipedia

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    Lakshmi Puja is a part of Durga Puja celebrations by Shaktas, where Laksmi symbolizes the goddess of abundance and autumn harvest. [95] Lakshmi's biggest festival, however, is Diwali (or Deepavali ; the "Festival of Lights"), a major Hindu holiday celebrated across India and in Nepal as Tihar.

  8. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    The word puja is roughly translated into English as 'reverence, honour, homage, adoration, or worship'. [3] Puja (পুজো / পুজা in bangla), the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity sees the ...

  9. Śrī Sūkta - Wikipedia

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    The elephants are symbolic of royalty and, in Hindu mythology, are also related with cloud and rain; they thus reinforce Shri-Lakshmi's stature as the goddess of abundance and fertility. [ 7 ] Later Hindu iconography often represents Shri-Lakshmi in the form of Gaja-Lakshmi , standing on a lotus, flanked by two elephants that are shown ...