VARALAKSHMI VRATHAM
08.22.04 (8:22 pm) [edit]
[b]Varalakshmi Vratam [/b]is a pooja performed exclusively by women in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and some parts of Tamil Nadu. This puja is done to propitiate Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu. The married women worship Goddess Lakshmi asking her to bless their families with prosperity and good health. ‘Varas’ mean boons and so [b]Varalakshmi[/b] is the boon bestowing goddess. Women paint a face of lady on a coconut. This is the idol used for Varalaksmi Puja.
[b]Varalakshmi Vratham [/b]is celebrated on the Friday of the bright fortnight in the month of Shravan masa (month). As per the English calendar, it is celebrated during August- September. This year it will be celebrated on August 27th. In Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, women are attired in colorful saris with turmeric paste smeared on their hands and feet. There is an element of gaiety all around as women and young girls move around briskly. The ambience is highly infectious
[b]Varalakshmi Vratham [/b]is celebrated on the Friday of the bright fortnight in the month of Shravan masa (month). As per the English calendar, it is celebrated during August- September. This year it will be celebrated on August 27th. In Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, women are attired in colorful saris with turmeric paste smeared on their hands and feet. There is an element of gaiety all around as women and young girls move around briskly. The ambience is highly infectious
posted by: Light (reply)
post date: 08.22.04 (10:23 pm)
a good write-up on an exclusive festival.
posted by: Light (reply)
post date: 08.22.04 (10:23 pm)
a good write-up on an exclusive festival.
posted by: Light (reply)
post date: 08.22.04 (10:23 pm)
a good write-up on an exclusive festival.
posted by: Light (reply)
post date: 08.22.04 (10:23 pm)
a good write-up on an exclusive festival.
posted by: Ramjee (reply)
post date: 09.11.05 (8:42 pm)
I would like to add an important point. Varalakshmi Vratham can be observed by men also. Padmaksha Maharaj performed varalakshmi vratham and obtained a boon, by which he will have lord mahavishnu himself as a son-in-law. Similarly a girl named Vedavati was born to him, who in her next birth manifested as Padmavathi Devi and married Lord Srinivasa, an incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu