How To Do Laxmi Puja on Diwali?
🧹 Step 1: Clean & Prepare Your Home
Thoroughly clean your house, especially the puja area—cleanliness is key to welcoming Goddess Lakshmi.
Decorate with rangoli, flowers, and diyas at the entrance and windows.
Light lamps and candles to dispel darkness and negativity.
🪑 Step 2: Set Up the Puja Space
Spread a red or yellow cloth on a raised platform or table.
Place idols or pictures of Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Ganesha, and optionally Kubera.
Arrange items like:
Kalash (pot with water, mango leaves, and coconut)
Rice grains, turmeric, kumkum
Coins, jewelry, account books
Sweets, fruits, flowers, and incense
🕯️ Step 3: Light Diyas and Incense
Light oil lamps (diyas) and incense sticks to purify the space.
Keep one diya burning throughout the puja.
🙏 Step 4: Ganesh Puja (Always First)
Apply tilak to Lord Ganesha.
Offer modaks or laddoos, flowers, and chant Ganesh mantras.
Pray for removal of obstacles and smooth beginnings.
💰 Step 5: Lakshmi Puja Ritual
Apply haldi-kumkum and tilak to Goddess Lakshmi.
Offer lotus flowers, sweets, coins, and rice grains.
Sprinkle kumkum and rice on account books, cash, and valuables.
Chant Lakshmi mantras like:
“Om Shreem Mahalakshmiyei Namah”
Sing Lakshmi Aarti with devotion.
📿 Step 6: Aarti & Prasad
Perform Aarti for both Lakshmi and Ganesha.
Offer Prasad (sweets, fruits) and distribute among family members.
Place diyas in every room to invite prosperity.
🌃 Step 7: Final Rituals
Keep the main diya near the entrance overnight.
Close the puja with a silent prayer of gratitude.
Enjoy fireworks and festive dinner with loved ones.