October
29, 2012 – Laxmipuja or Laxmi Puja or Laksmipuja or Laksmi Puja (Monday)
Lakshmi
Puja is another Bengali festival that is celebrated in every household. Goddess
Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth is worshipped just after Durga Puja. Lakshmi is
one of the daughters of Durga who symbolizes wealth, peace and prosperity. On a
full moon night people worship her at their homes and pray for her blessings. Delicious Bengali Recipes on Lakshmi Puja
night are cooked and are then given to Goddess Laxmi as an offering.It is
considered that Goddess Lakshmi visits homes of the devotees and replenishes
them with wealth.Accessories required for Kojagari Lakshmi Puja
Adibas
dala
Oil,
Turmeric, River soil from the Ganges, Perfume, Stone, Grain, Dubba (a type of
grass required), Flowers, Fruits, 1 dozen bananas in one stem, Curd, Ghee,
Sindur, Swastik Pituli, Conch Shell,Kajol (corrilium), Gorachana (cow urine),
White mustard seeds, Gold, Silver, Copper, Mirror, Alta, Yellow thread, Iron
metal, Chamor (a kind of fan, a fly-whisk made of yak's tail used for fanning),
Dip (Earthen Lamps), Arrows, Panch pradip (for aarati).
NaruSindur
(vermilion), Til (Sesame), Horitoki (myrobalan), Ghat (pot), an earthen bowl
full of atop (a type of rice), 1 Gamcha -To cover the ghat a piece of cloth,
1Kundohari, 1 Tekatha - A triangular frame work of 3 pieces of wood,
1Mirror,Panchabarner guri (5 coloured dust) -Turmeric powder, rice powder,
kusum flower/ red aabir, rice chaff or coconut fiber burnt for the dark colour,
powdered wood apple leaves (bel pata) Pancha ratna (5 gems)-Gold, Silver,
Emerald, Pearls, Jewel. (Original- Gold, Diamond, Sapphire, Rubi, Pearl).
Panchagobbo (5 extracts of the cow)- Milk, Pure Ghee, Curd, Cow Dung and Cow's
urine, 4 arrows, Green coconut with stalk, Flowers and Durba (a kind of grass
having three pointed tips) etc. 3 Aashonanguriuk (Finger ring made of koosh), 3
bowls of Madhupakka (a mixture of honey, curd, ghee, sugar for oblation), Curd,
Honey, Ghee, Sugar, 3 big Noibiddos,1 small Noibiddo.
A sari
(for Laxmi), 2 dhoties (for Vishnu and Pechok or Owl). Loha (iron), Shankha
(Conch Shell), Noth (nosering), Sindur chubri (a cane basket having a small
mirror, a comb, two conch shell bangles, one iron bangle, two coral bangles,
alta (lac-dye used to paint border of feet), vermilion and few kories). Chandmala (Dangler with circular
sponge decorations), Bhoger drobbadi (materials for the feast),
Things
for Homn (fire for yagna) - sand, wood, khorke (a kind of twig), Ghee -1
bottle, 28 Bilyapatra (wood apple leaves), Karpur (camphor), Chipitak/Chire
(thatched rice), Coconut, Tambul/Pan
(Beetle
leaves), Pan masala (ingredients used in preparing a beetle leaf), 1 wooden
plate, 2 Ghoti (a type of pot), Rachana (cow urine), flower garland, 1
Purnapatro (full pot), Dakhina (offerings in cash and kind to the priest).
