Maha Lakshmi Shodashopachara Puja

Lakshmi is both the wife and divine energy (shakti) of Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism and the Supreme Being in the Vaishnava tradition. She is often depicted with Saraswati and Parvati as forming the holy trinity (Tridevi). She is the goddess who leads to one's goal, or lakshya. For mankind, 8 types of goals (Lakshmi) are necessary according to Hinduism: spiritual enlightenment, food, knowledge, resources, progeny, abundance, patience, and success. Hence there are Ashta Lakshmis ('Eight Lakshmis'): Aadi ('primeval'), Dhaanya ('grain'), Vidya ('knowledge'), Dhana ('money'), Santana ('progeny'), Gaja ('elephant'), Dhairya ('courage'), and Vijaya ('victorious') Lakshmi.

During these pandemic times, it is not advisable for devotees to attend Lakshmi Puja by stepping out or inviting pandit to home. So for the benefit of all devotees, we Janata Temple are organizing Lakshmi Puja online via zoom every Friday. We are requesting devotees to make use of this opportunity and register for this ePuja and attend it via a zoom call.

Either you can perform the puja while our pandit is guiding you or Our pandit will be performing the puja with all puja material. To provide a quality experience to each family we will not mix the puja with other devotees. Devotees are advised to sit at their home Puja Room or any other calm place eligible for spiritual activity and join the zoom call. Janata Temple's customer service executive will make sure you are comfortable before starting the puja.

This puja will be live-streamed on our Facebook page so that devotee friends & relatives can view devotees participating in the puja and share their wishes. 

 

Typically below Puja Material are needed if you are doing puja yourself. We will confirm this list once the pandit is confirmed. Puja Material list changes a lot based on the purpose of the puja, affordability of the puja yajamani, and pandit. Please contact us if you have any doubt.

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This is how Do-It-Your-Self puja looks like

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This is how Pandit-Performs-Puja looks like

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Birthday Puja and Marriage Anniversary Puja :

This puja, Lakshmi Devi Archana, will be performed in the nearest Temple or Yagashala or Sacred Place available on the day of puja. Please book your puja at least 48 hours before the Birthday or Marriage Anniversary. This will help our pandits to plan and prepare for this puja. This puja will not be live. 

We will only provide an audio recording of this puja for the following reasons.

1. Most of the temples don't allow video cameras to be operated inside the temple premises.

2. We won't have copyrights to distribute the images or videos of the temple premises.

3. Arranging a video camera will cause distraction or inconvenience to other devotees in the temple.

We assure you that puja in your name will be performed with utmost devotion following all customs and rituals.

Puja to take Sacred Vow / Mannat :

If you want to take a Sacred Vow / (Hindi - Mannat) / (Telugu - Mokku) to perform Lakshmi Puja, for yourself, or for your near and dear ones, for a good cause like academic success, career improvement or health, etc our Pandits will pray for you in the nearest temple for your cause. You can come back to fulfill your Sacred Vow / Mannat in the future.

For example, a father may take a sacred vow to perform Lakshmi Puja on his kids' birthday if his kid is able to achieve her target.

This puja will not be live. This puja will be performed one of our pandits is free. So it will take 7 - 10 days once this puja ticket is purchased. The audio recording of the puja will be shared once the puja is completed.