Varamahalakshmi Vratha Celebrated by DS-MAX Properties

Festival of Varamahalakshmi Vratam

DS-MAX family celebrated the Auspicious Festival of Varalakshmi Vratam on 08/08/2014....! With a well decorated pooja mantap with flowers, fruits, homemade sweets, cash, bangles, betel leaves and areca nuts, Goddess Lakshmi’s silver colored face gracefully attracted the audiences. A grand pooja for the Goddess Lakshmi was conducted at the Head Office and the mantras were chanted by the Swamiji. It was a great moment for all the staff to seek the blessings from Goddess Lakshmi. Kumkum, Betel leaves with areca nuts, Flowers, Fruits, Bangles were distributed among the women staff.

Varalakshmi Vrata is a festival to appease the Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, one of the Hindu Trinity. Varalakshmi is one who grants boons (Varam). It is an important pooja performed by many women in South India. The Hindu festival going by the name 'Vara Lakshmi Vrata' is celebrated on the Second Friday or the Friday before full moon day - Poornima in the month of Śravaṇā, also called Śawan in Hindi and Aadi in Tamil which corresponds to the English months of July–August.

Varalakshmi Vrata is performed by the women folk especially married women for the well being of all the family members, especially husband, to get progeny etc. It is believed that worshiping Goddess Varalakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshiping Ashtalaksmi – the eight goddesses of Wealth, Earth, Learning, Love, Fame, Peace, Pleasure, and Strength. Because of the popularity in some states of India, it is declared as an optional official holiday in India.