Preparation for Pooje – Step 1.
Pooje Preparation of gejje vastra, flowers, lamps, and naivedya.
Offer Haldi Kumkum, flowers, gejje vastra, and light the lamps.
Light the Agarbathi.
Break the coconut, perform naivedya, do mangalaruthi and aarathi for Goddess Lakshmi.
Evening Lakshmi Pooja on 7/20/2012.
Rangoli designs for the Pooja, with Lakshmi Hrudaya.
A picture of jasmine garland made from flowers in my own garden for Lakshmi Pooja.
Pooja begins with lamps, flowers, Gejje Vastra:
After, Naivedya, Mangalaruthi, and Lakshmi Aarathi.
Shravana Shukravara Lakshmi pooja is performed on all the Friday’s. This year it is performed on :
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July 29th– Friday
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August 5th – Friday
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August 12th – Friday
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August 19th – Friday
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August 26th – Friday
I have scanned and attached a document which has the complete details on performing Sri Lakshmi Pooja during Fridays and also Shravana Masa. This shouldn’t be confused for Sri VaraMahaLakshmi Vrata. I will post a separate post providing all details for Sri VaraMahaLakshmi Vrata.
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This document has all the details from doing the Achamana, to Sankalpa, Dhyana, Naivedya, and Maha Mangalarathi.
It is a PDF document and is in Kannada.
Attached below are other links posted here on Goddess Lakshmi.
Attached below are some other links where many more posts have been added on Lyrics and Goddess Lakshmi.
Attached below are links to various food prepared during the festival. As always, no onion and no garlic offered to God.
Kalpavriksha Kamadhenu 
Posted by Swati Krishnamurthy Athanikar on August 23, 2022 at 12:49 pm
If anyone can translate it in English then it would be really really helpful.
Posted by Kavita on August 4, 2016 at 9:58 pm
Thank you so much Meeraji!
Posted by shobhamohan on August 5, 2014 at 12:15 am
Dear Akka, It fills my heart with joy to see all the beautiful pictures of pooja arrangements made. Thank you.
Posted by meeraghu on August 5, 2014 at 7:34 pm
Most welcome.
Posted by Thanuja on August 1, 2014 at 11:18 pm
Please send me some Arathi songs of Lakshmi & Gowri
Posted by meeraghu on August 2, 2014 at 8:30 am
Anything you want in particular? I think I have added the ones I know, and most common ones.
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Posted by cvsmurthyrao on July 30, 2014 at 12:05 am
Very good blog.. In T nadu madhwas offer thembittu deepa before Lord venkateswara and Padmavathi on Shravna
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Pl throw some light on this. Thanks.
Posted by Preeti on October 10, 2013 at 8:10 am
Very informative Article. We should know the proper procedures while doing Lakshmi poojas at home. Thankfully, i found the authentic procedures of doing Lakshmi pooja with the help of Pureprayer website.
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Thanks, Kum. Appreciate your comment.
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