Laxmi Puja 23rd October 2014

The morning of third day is Gai Tihar (worship of the cow). In Hinduism, cow signifies prosperity and wealth. In ancient times people benefitted a lot from the cow. Its milk, dung even urine was used for different purposes like purification. Thus on this day people show their gratefulness to the cow by garlanding and feeding the cow with the best grass. Houses are cleaned and the doorways and windows are decorated with garlands made of marigolds and chrysanthemums.

In the evening puja of Goddess Laxmi is performed with lots of sweets, ornaments and cash. Lakshmi Puja is a Hindu religious prayer, sung on the third day of Diwali (Amavasya), and often sung during the Tihar festival in Nepal. For this prayer, people show reverence to Goddess Lakshmi by decorating their homes, inside and out, with small oil lamps or candles. They pray for prosperity and well being for their families and businesses.

According to legend, Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and Vishnu's wife, visits all her devotees and bestows gifts and blessings upon each of them. To welcome the Goddess, devotees clean their houses, decorate them with finery and lights, and prepare sweet treats and delicacies as offerings. Devotees believe that the happier Lakshmi is with the visit, the more she blesses the family with health and wealth.

Auspisious time for Laxmi Puja is 18:55 till 20.12 Hours

You can download process of Laxmi Puja and the mantras from

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