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The following article talks in detail about the age old practice of practicing Laxmi puja or pujan which is a Hindu form of worship to the Goddess of Prosperity ommonly referred to as Laxmi Devi.
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Online Laxmi Puja Celebrated with great fervor in some countries, the festival of Diwali brings a handful of pujas, events, and rituals. However, the main attraction is to invite the Lakshmi goddess into your home by opening the gate on the evening of the third day in the form of Laxmi puja, which is considered the most auspicious day of the Diwali celebration. Since Laxmi is the goddess for wealth and Vishnu’s consort, it is believed that allowing Lakshmi to enter your house will strengthen your hopes, financial terms, and entrepreneurs, who hold their businesses. Besides inviting Lakshmi into your house by opening the gates and rangoli is drawn at the doorstep, people also celebrate it by lighting diyas, preparing sweets, and delicacies as offerings. Poojas are offered to Lakshmi and an additional deity depending on the region in India. Ganesha, Saraswati, and Kubera will be the other deity. Additionally, People also wear new outfits when the evening of that day approaches. On this auspicious occasion, mothers are recognized more for their work towards the family and house. Since mothers are the embodiment of Lakshmi, they become an important part of that day when it comes to organizing things. Since Diwali is the festival of light, mothers and their children take the diyas and place them along the rivers and streams. After lighting up diyas at appropriate places, the whole family steps outside to light up firecrackers. Various types of crackers are used during this day, with all age groups, especially the younger ones, attracting more interest and are likely to spend more time bursting crackers. After enjoying time bursting the crackers, people head to feasting, followed by the consumption of sweets and desserts to culminate a memorable day. Coming back to cleaning the atmosphere and the house, benzoin or pancakes made of cow dung are burnt to purify the atmosphere before starting with the puja in the house. Various territories follow their respective rituals and worship their gods on this day. However, at the end of the pooja, everybody ends by performing an aarthi to goddess Lakshmi. Online puja was not renowned until the coronavirus hit the entire world severely over the last few months. Since the general public is not able to head to temples due to complicated situations these days, they perform an online pooja. Particular individual will be intimated about the online live session and an appropriate link will be shared once they pay the fees. During the live session, customers will be able to watch the priest performing the rituals and can sometimes guide the priest to follow certain rituals to not miss on their belief.
Above and beyond the live session, followers will also receive the DVDs to rewatch it whenever needed. Since the coronavirus has not subsided until the day of Diwali in 2020, unfamiliar people with a lack of experience are already inclined towards online Lakshmi pooja. Even though Lakshmi pooja ought to be performed in the house, some priests perform rituals in the temple collectively as well. Hence, online Lakshmi Pooja has become a thing in 2020 Diwali.
