Varalakshmi Pooja , also called as Varamahalakshmi Vrata is an important Hindu Festival.

This is celebrated in the Shravana Masa, July -August.

Varalakshmi Vrata  2018.

Varalakshmi.

24th August Friday.

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FOR Bangalore.

 

Varalakshmi Vratam falls during Shukla Paksha of Hindu month Shravan and it is observed on first Friday before Shravan Purnima. Shravan Purnima is observed as Raksha Bandhan in most Indian states. Varalakshmi Vratam also happens to be second Friday in Shravan month. Currently it falls in month of July or August in English calendar.

Varalakshmi Puja is performed by married women for the well-being of husband and the other family members. It is believed that worshipping Goddess Vara-Lakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshipping Ashta-Lakshmi – the eight Goddesses of Wealth (Sri), Earth (Bhu), Learning (Saraswati), Love (Priti), Fame (Kirti), Peace (Shanti), Pleasure (Tushti) and Strength (Pushti).

While the term Sri itself denotes wealth and every thing that is auspicious,there are some more attributes associated with Goddess Mahalakshmi, consort of Lord Vishnu.

They are ,

In abstract Philosophical terms, Sri,Prosperity is

1.Varchasva,  वर्चस्व,

1. sway (n)
2. influence (n)
3. dominance (n)
4. ascendancy
5. domination
6. mastery

2.Ayushyam,Longevity

3.Arogya,Health

4.Dhanya,Cereals, Food,

5.Dhana,Wealth

6.Pasu,Cattle

7.Bahu Puthra( many or Good children)

8.Satha Samvathsaram,Full Life of Hundred Years,

9. Dheerg Atuhu,Ilness free Life

‘Sri Varchaswa Ayushyam Arogyam Mavvthach Choobhaamana aheeyanthe Dhaanya Dhanam Pasu Bahu Puthra Laabham Sadha Samvathsaram Dhhergamaayuhu’

Aaseervatha Mantra.

In in Varalashmi Vrata women , iddition, pray for the Longevity of their Husbands.

One may note that this Vrata Procedure was initiated by Shiva, for worshipng the wife of Vishnu, thereby signifying the unity of Siva and Vishnu.

Procedure.

Start the Pooja at the appointed Muhurtha .

The Mantras. slokas  order is as follows.

Ganapathi Pooja,

Ganapathi Pranaprathshta,

Ganapathi mantras in short,

Ganapathi Aarthi,

Varalakshmi Vrata Sankalpa,

Ganesha Dhyana,

Kalasa Pooja,

Varalakshmi Avahanam.

Angannyasa, Karannyasa,

Pooja,

1.Durga,( one may recite Durga Suktham also as it is very effective along eith the raditional Durga Ashtotra)

2.Sarsvati Astotra,

3.Lakshmi Ashtotra( Recite Sri Suktha as well)

Deeparadhana,

Naivedyam.

Punar Pooja either in the same evening or the next day,.depends on family Traditions.

Durga Ashtotra.

Om Drugayai Namaha
Om Shivayai Namaha
Om Maha Lakshmyai Namaha
Om Maha Gouryai Namaha
Om Chandikaye Namaha
Om Sarva Gynayai Namaha
Om Sarva Lokeshayai Namaha
Om Sarva Karma Phala Pradayai Namaha
Om Sarva Teerdha Mayai Namaha
Om Pun Yayai Namaha
Om Deva Yonaye Namaha
Om Ayoni Jaayai Namaha
Om Bhume Jaayai Namaha
Om Nirgu Nayai Namaha
Om Aadhara Shaktyai Namaha
Om Aanee Shvaryai Namaha
Om Nirgu Nayai Namaha
Om Niramham Karayai Namaha
Om Sarva Garva Vimar Dhinyai Namaha
Om Sarva Loka Priyayai Namaha
Om Vaanyai Namaha
Om Sarva Vidyadhi Devataayai Namaha
Om Parvatyai Namaha
Om Devamatre Namaha
Om Vanee Shayai Namaha
Om Vindya Vasinyai Namaha
Om Tejo Vatyai Namaha
Om Maha Matre Namaha
Om Koti Surya Sama Prabhayai Namaha
Om Deva Tayai Namaha
Om Vahni Rupayai Namaha
Om Sate Jase Namaha
Om Varna Rupinyai Namaha
Om Guna Shayayai Namaha
Om Guna Madhyayai Namaha
Om Guna Traya Vivarji Tayai Namaha
Om Karma Gynana Pradayai Namaha
Om Kantayai Namaha
Om Sarva Samhara Karinyai Namaha
Om Dharma Gynanayai Namaha
Om Dharma Nistayai Namaha
Om Sarva Karma Vivardhi Tayai Namaha
Om Kamakshmai Namaha
Om Kama Samhartyai Namaha
Om Kama Krodha Vivarji Tayai Namaha
Om Shan Karyai Namaha
Om Sham Bhavyai Namaha
Om Shan Tayai Namaha
Om Chandra Suryagni Lochanayai Namaha
Om Suja Yayai Namaha
Om Jaya Bhumi Shtayai Namaha
Om Jaahnavyai Namaha
Om Jana Puji Tayai Namaha
Om Shastrasyai Namaha
Om Shastra Mayyai Namaha
Om Nityayai Namaha
Om Shubhayai Namaha
Om Chandhrardha Mastakayai Namaha
Om Bharatyai Namaha
Om Bramaryai Namaha
Om Kalpayai Namaha
Om Karalyai Namaha
Om Krushana Pingalayai Namaha
Om Bramhai Namaha
Om Narayanyai Namaha
Om Roudryai Namaha
Om Chandra Mruta Pari Srutayai Namaha
Om Jyeshtayai Namaha
Om Indirayai Namaha
Om Maha Mayayai Namaha
Om Jagat Grushtya Dhika Rinyai Namaha
Om Bramhanda Koti Samsdha Nayai Namaha
Om Kaminyai Namaha
Om Kamalaa Layayai Namaha
Om Katya Yanyai Namaha
Om Kalaa Teetayai Namaha
Om Kala Samhara Karinyai Namaha
Om Yoga Nishtayai Namaha
Om Yogi Gamyayai Namaha
Om Yogi Dyeyayai Namaha
Om Tapa Svinyai Namaha
Om Gynana Pupayai Namaha
Om Niraka Rayai Namaha
Om Bhakta Bhishta Phala Pradayai Namaha
Om Bhutatme Kayai Namaha
Om Bhuta Matre Namaha
Om Bhute Shyai Namaha
Om Bhuta Darinyai Namaha
Om Svadhayai Namaha
Om Naree Madhya Gatayai Namaha
Om Shada Dharadi Vardhinyai Namaha
Om Mohitam Shubha Dayai Namaha
Om Shubhrayai Namaha
Om Sukshmayai Namaha
Om Matrayai Namaha
Om Nirala Sayai Namaha
Om Nimna Gayai Namaha
Om Neela Samka Shayai Namaha
Om Nitya Nandayai Namaha
Om Harayai Namaha
Om Paraayai Namaha
Om Sarva Gynana Pradayai Namaha
Om Anamtayai Namaha
Om Satyayai Namaha
Om Durlabha Rupinyai Namaha
Om Sarasvatyai Namaha
Om Sarva Gatayai Namaha
Om Sarva Bheeshta Prada Inyai Namaha.

Lakshmi Ashtotra.

Om prakrutyi namaha
Om Vikrutyi namaha
Om Vidyayai namaha
Om Sarwabhoota hita pradai namaha
Om Sraddayai namaha
Om Vibootai namaha
Om Surabhai namaha
Om Paramatmikamai namaha
Om Vache namaha
Om Padmalai namaha
Om Padmai namaha
Om Suchai namaha
Om Swahai namaha
Om Swathatai namaha
Om Dhanyai namaha
Om Hiranmai namaha
Om Lakshmai namaha
Om Nityapushatai namaha
Om Vibhaavarayai namaha
Om Adityai namaha
Om Deeptai namaha
Om Vasudaai namaha
Om Kamalayai namaha
Om Kantayai namaha
Om Kamakshai namaha
Om Rakrodasambhavai namaha
Om Anugrahapradayai namaha
Om Buddai namaha
Om Anughooai namaha
Om Harivallabhai namaha
Om Asokhai namaha
Om Amrutai namaha
Om Deeptai namaha
Om Lokasokavinasinai namaha
Om Dharmanilayai namaha
Om Karunai namaha
Om Lokamatrai namaha
Om Padmapriyai namaha
Om Padmahastai namaha
Om Padmashai namaha
Om Padmasundrai namaha
Om Padmodbhavai namaha
Om Padmamukhai namaha
Om Padmamaladharai namaha
Om Ramaaai namaha
Om Daivai namaha
Om Padminai namaha
Om Padmagandhinai namaha
Om Punyagandhayai namaha
Om Suprasannai namaha
Om Prasadabhimukhai namaha
Om Prabhai namaha
Om Chandravadanai namaha
Om Chandrai namaha
Om Chandrasahodarai namaha
Om Chaturbhujai namaha
Om Chandraroopai namaha
Om Indirai namaha
Om Induseetalai namaha
Om Ahladajannai namaha
Om Pushtai namaha
Om Sivai namaha
Om Sivakartai namaha
Om Satai namaha
Om Vimalai namaha
Om Viswajannai namaha
Om Pushtai namaha
Om Daridraynasinai namaha
Om Preetipushkaranai namaha
Om Santai namaha
Om Sukla malyambarai namaha
Om Srivai namaha
Om Bhaskarai namaha
Om Bilwanilayai namaha
Om Vararohai namaha
Om Yasiswai namaha
Om Vasunadharai namaha
Om Vudaaragai namaha
Om Harinyai namaha
Om Hemamalinai namaha
Om Dhanadhayakartai namaha
Om Siddiai namaha
Om Shtanasowmayai namaha
Om Subhapradai namaha
Om Nrumavesmagataa nandanai namaha
Om Varalakshmai namaha
Om Vasupradaai namaha
Om Hiranyaprakrai namaha
Om Samudratanai namaha
Om Jayai namaha
Om Mangaladevai namaha
Om Mangalai namaha
Om Devayai namaha
Om Vishnuvakshastalastitai namaha
Om Vishnupatnai namaha
Om Prasannshai namaha
Om Nnarayana samasritrai namaha
Om Daridradamsai namaha
Om Daivai namaha
Om Sarvopradavarinai namaha
Om Navadurgai namaha
Om Mahakalai namaha
Om Brahamavishnusivatmikai namaha
Om Trikalagyana sampanai namaha
Om Bhuvaneswarai namaha
Om Varalakshmai namaha: –

OM Sarasvatyai Namaha
OM Mahaabhadraayai Namaha
OM Mahaamaayaayai Namaha
OM Varapradaayai Namaha
OM Shriipradaayai Namaha
OM Padmanilayaayai Namaha
OM Padmaaxyai Namaha
OM Padmavaktrakaayai Namaha
OM Shivaanujaayai Namaha
OM PustakabhRite Namaha
OM GYaanamudraayai Namaha
OM Ramaayai Namaha
OM Paraayai Namaha
OM Kaamaruupaayai Namaha
OM Mahaavidyaayai Namaha
OM Mahaapaataka naashinyai Namaha
OM Mahaashrayaayai Namaha
OM Maalinyai Namaha
OM Mahaabhogaayai Namaha
OM Mahaabhujaayai Namaha
OM Mahaabhaagaayai Namaha
OM Mahotsaahaayai Namaha
OM DivyaaNgaayai Namaha
OM Suravanditaayai Namaha
OM Mahaakaalyai Namaha
OM Mahaapaashaayai Namaha
OM Mahaakaaraayai Namaha
OM Mahaa.nkushaayai Namaha
OM Piitaayai Namaha
OM Vimalaayai Namaha
OM Vishvaayai Namaha
OM Vidyunmaalaayai Namaha
OM VaishhNavyai Namaha
OM Chandrikaayai Namaha
OM Chandravadanaayai Namaha
OM Chandralekhaavibhuushhitaayai Namaha
OM Saavityai Namaha
OM Surasaayai Namaha
OM Devyai Namaha
OM Divyaala.nkaarabhuushhitaayai Namaha
OM Vaagdevyai Namaha
OM Vasudaayai Namaha
OM Tiivraayai Namaha
OM Mahaabhadraayai Namaha
OM Mahaabalaayai Namaha
OM Bhogadaayai Namaha
OM Bhaaratyai Namaha
OM Bhaamaayai Namaha
OM Govindaayai Namaha
OM GOMatyai Namaha
OM Shivaayai Namaha
OM JaTilaayai Namaha
OM Vindhyaavaasaayai Namaha
OM Vindhyaachalaviraajitaayai Namaha
OM ChaNDikaayai Namaha
OM VaishhNavyai Namaha
OM Braahmayai Namaha
OM BrahmaGYaanaikasaadhanaayai Namaha
OM Saudaamanyai Namaha
OM Sudhaamuurtyai Namaha
OM Subhadraayai Namaha
OM Surapuujitaayai Namaha
OM Suvaasinyai Namaha
OM Sunaasaayai Namaha
OM Vinidraayai Namaha
OM Padmalochanaayai Namaha
OM Vidyaaruupaayai Namaha
OM Vishaalaaxyai Namaha
OM Brahmajaayaayai Namaha
OM Mahaaphalaayai Namaha
OM Trayiimuurtaye Namaha
OM TrikaalaGYaayai Namaha
OM TriguNaayai Namaha
OM ShaastraruupiNyai Namaha
OM ShaMbhaasurapramathinyai Namaha
OM Shubhadaayai Namaha
OM Svaraatmikaayai Namaha
OM Raktabiijanihantryai Namaha
OM ChaamuNDaayai Namaha
OM Ambikaayai Namaha
OM MuNDakaayapraharaNaayai Namaha
OM Dhuumralochanamadanaayai Namaha
OM Sarvadevastutaayai Namaha
OM Saumyaayai Namaha
OM Suraasura namaskRitaayai Namaha
OM Kaalaraatryai Namaha
OM Kalaadharaayai Namaha
OM Ruupasaubhaagyadaayinyai Namaha
OM Vaagdevyai Namaha
OM Varaarohaayai Namaha
OM Vaaraahyai Namaha
OM Vaarijaasanaayai Namaha
OM ChitraaMbaraayai Namaha
OM Chitragandhaayai Namaha
OM Chitramaalyavibhuushhitaayai Namaha
OM Kaantaayai Namaha
OM Kaamapradaayai Namaha
OM Vandyaayai Namaha
OM Vidyaadharasupuujitaayai Namaha
OM Shvetaananaayai Namaha
OM Niilabhujaayai Namaha
OM Chaturvargaphalapradaayai Namaha
OM Chaturaanana saamraajyaayai Namaha
OM Raktamadhyaayai Namaha
OM Nira.njanaayai Namaha
OM Ha.nsaasanaayai Namaha
OM NiilajaNghaayai Namaha
OM BrahmavishhNushivaatmikaayai Namaha.

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People wake up early in the morning on Friday and take a bath. Traditionally speaking the waking up time for the puja is the brahma muhurtham. Then the designated puja area and house is cleaned well and a beautiful ‘kolam’ or rangoli is drawn on the intended place of puja.

Next is the preparation of the ‘kalasham or kalash.’ A bronze or silver pot is selected and is cleaned thoroughly and a swastika symbol is drawn and is smeared with sandalwood paste. The kalasham pot is filled with raw rice or water, coins, a single whole lime, five different kinds of leaves, and beetle nut. The items used to fill the kalasham vary from region to region and includes turmeric, comb, mirror, small black bangles and black beads.

The kalasham up to the neck is sometimes covered with a cloth and mango leaves are placed on the mouth of the kalasham. Finally, a coconut smeared with turmeric is used to close the mouth of the kalasham. To this coconut, an image of Goddess Lakshmi is fixed or the image of Lakshmi is drawn using turmeric powder. Now the kalasham symbolically represents Goddess Lakshmi.

In some areas, women place a mirror behind the kalasham. Today, there are also specially made Varalakshmi pots available in the market.

The kalasham is usually placed on a bed of rice. First Lord Ganesha is worshipped. Then begins the Varalakshmi Puja. The puja consists of singing slokas dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi like the Lakshmi Sahasranamam. Arati is performed on the kalasham. Different types of sweets are offered. Some people offer pongal. In some areas women tie yellow thread on their hands.

The woman who is observing the Varalakshmi Puja abstains from eating certain kind of food and this varies from region to region. In some regions, women fast till the puja period.

Thamboolam – betel leaf, areca nut and slaked lime – is offered to women in the locality and in the evening an arati is offered.

The next day, that is on Saturday, after taking a bath the kalasham is dismantled and the water in the kalasham is sprinkled in the house. If rice is used then it is mixed with rice in the house.

There are no hard and fast rules in performing the Varalakshmi Puja and you can be flexible on the puja items. Even a simple prayer will please Goddess Lakshmi.

The legend.

On one occasion, Parvati and Parameswara were playing a game of paramapatham. Parvati was winning game after game by the rules, but Parameswara is said to have claimed the victory at each game, wantonly, to Parvati’s intense chagrin. So Parvati demanded to have an umpire and one Chitranemi, a creation of Parameswara, was chosen. As an underling of Parameswara, he sided with his master most unjustly. This provoked Parvati’s anger and she cursed Chitranemi that he should become a leper for discharging his duty in this most unfair manner.

When Chitranemi begged Parvati’s forgiveness and Parameswara added his entreaties to it, she is said to have relented and modified the curse by adding that he would be cured of his leprosy by observing the Vara Lakshmi Vrata. By doing this, Chitranemi was, it is said, rid of the loathsome disease.

The history of the origin Of the Vara Lakshmi Vrata is rather interesting. Lakshmi is said to have visited a pious woman by name Sarmadi, living in the city of Kuntinapura in Magadha (Bihar), in one of her dreams and expressed her satisfaction at her devotion to her children. When she woke up from her sleep, she took a bath and worshiped Lakshmi to ensure her blessings. When the other ladies heard of her dream and her worship of Lakshmi, they too began to worship her, and the custom is then said to have spread everywhere throughout the land in course of time….

This is a pooja that was pronounced by no other than Lord Parameswara to be performed by his consort Parvathi to seek prosperity and happiness for the family. Thus it came to be emulated by married women who sought boons (varam) for the health, wealth and knowledge for the entire family. In some cases, women prayed for being blessed with children.

Naivedyam.

General Neivedhya Items for the pooja

Salyannam	Plain white cooked rice
Kruthakula Payasam	Paruppu Payasam(Dal Kheer)
Mashapubam	Ulundhu vadai (Urid dal vada)
Kudapubam	Appam
Lattugam	Pacharisi Idly
Sanagam	Kondaikadalai Sundal(Chick peas sundal)
Modhagam	Kozhukattai
Nalikerakandam	Coconut break into half
Kathalepalam	Banana
Patharepalam	Ilandhapazham(Ber)
Jambubalam	Navarpazham(indian blackberry)
Peejapurapalam)	Guva fruit
Narthapalam	Orange/ sweet lime

Citations.

http://www.subbuskitchen.com/2010/08/varalakshmi-vrathamvaralakshmi-pooja.html#.VdLK3bKqqkq

Visit the Link above for recipe for these items.

http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/08/how-to-perform-varalakshmi-puja.html

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