Lakshmi Hrudaya In Aarathi Plate

During the Aaradhane at SKV, North Carolina, while welcoming God and Rayaru, I saw an amazing drawn Aarathi plate. I was told it is customary to have Rangoli and Lakshmi Hrudaya in Aarathi plate. I had never heard about it.

So, I asked Meghana who has become a close extended family, and also Anuradha Shrikanth Belpu to please take picture of the Aarathi plate

The plate was decorated by Smt. Akhila Mahishi who also told me the trick to do the same.

You can find how to draw Lakshmi Hrudaya from my blog here:

https://tinyurl.com/bdehk5m2

To draw it on a silver plate, mix Kumkum, water and Honey together and draw the Rangoli with a toothpick or the tip of an Agarbathi.

The final design is just amazing. Hope you can all draw this for the upcoming Krishna Janmastami.

Thanks so much Akhila Avare for the amazing aarthi design, Meghana and Anuradha for the pictures.

Udiya Tumbire Namma Udurajamukhige

Happy Friday and Happy VaraMaha Lakshmi Habba to All. An amazing song to sing while giving Udi to Goddess Maha Lakshmi.

Composed by : Haridasini Bheemesha Krishna ( Harapanalli Bheemavva)

ಉಡಿಯ ತುಂಬಿರೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಉಡುರಾಜಮುಖಿಗೆ
ಉಡಿಯ ತುಂಬಿರೇ ।। ಪ ।।

ಕಡಲೆ ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಬಟ್ಟಲೊಳು
ಬಾಳೆ ಫಲಗಳ ।। ಅ . ಪ ।।

ಜಂಬೂ ನೇರಳೆ ಗೊನೆ ಜಾಂಬೂಫಲಗಳೂ…
ನಿಂಬೆ ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ ಔದುಂಬರ ಫಲಗಳು ।। 1 ।।

ಉತ್ತತ್ತಿ ದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ ಸೀತಾಫಲವು
ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಅಂಜೂರ ಉತ್ತತ್ತಿಯ ಫಲಗಳು ।। 2 ।।

ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಭೀಮೇಶ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಪಟ್ಟದರಸಿಗೆ

ಹಚ್ಚಿ ಕುಂಕುಮ ವೀಳ್ಯ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿಗೆ ।। 3 ।।

Uḍiya tumbirē nam’ma uḍurājamukhige

uḍiya tumbirē।। pa।।

kaḍale kobbari baṭṭaloḷu bāḷe phalagaḷa।। a. Pa।।

jambū nēraḷe gone jāmbūphalagaḷū

Nimbe dāḷimbe audumbara phalagaḷu।। 1।।

uttatti drākṣi kittaḷe sītāphalavu

akki an̄jūra uttattiya phalagaḷu ।। 2।।

śrēṣṭha bhīmēśa kr̥ṣṇana paṭṭadarasige

hacci kuṅkuma vīḷya koṭṭu rukmiṇige ।। 3।।

Aratiya Maduvene Marajananiye Lakshmi Lyrics Audio

Aarathi song for our Goddess Lakshmi.

Lyrics in Kannada and English.

ಆರತಿಯ ಮಾಡುವೆನೆ ಮಾರಜನನಿಯೆ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಮಾರಜನನಿಯೆ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ||ಪ||

ಬಂಗಾರದತಾಟಿನೊಳು | ಶೃಂಗಾರದ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಯ ಪಿಡಿದು |
ಮಂಗಳರಾಗವ ಪಾಡಿ | ರಂಗನರ್ಧಾಂಗಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ Il ೧ ।।

ಮುತ್ತಿನಾರತಿಯನು | ಎತ್ತಿ ನಿಂತಿಹೆ ನಿನಗೆ |
ಇತ್ತ ಕಡೆ ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು | ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ತೋರಿಸೆಮ್ಮ ತಾಯೆ ।। ೨ ।।

ಇಂದಿರೇಶನರ ಮನೆಯೋಳ್ । ಸುಂದರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದೊಳ್
ನಂದಬಾಲ ಕೃಷ್ಣನನ್ನು | ತಂದು ತೋರಿಸಮ್ಮ ತಾಯೆ ।। ೩।।

Āratiya māḍuvene mārajananiye lakṣmi mārajananiye lakṣmi ||pa||

baṅgāradatāṭinoḷu | śr̥ṅgārada jyōtiya piḍidu |

maṅgaḷarāgava pāḍi | raṅganardhāṅgi lakṣmi Il 1।।

muttināratiyanu | etti nintihe ninage |

itta kaḍe dayaviṭṭu | dr̥ṣṭi tōrisem’ma tāye।। 2।।

indirēśanara maneyōḷ। sundara sāmrājyadoḷ

nandabāla kr̥ṣṇanannu | tandu tōrisam’ma tāye।। 3।।

Mangalam Jaya Mangalam song on Goddess Lakshmi

Happy Friday and Happy VaraMaha Lakshmi Habba to All.

ಮಂಗಳಂ ಜಯ ಮಂಗಳಂ ॥ಪ॥

ವರ ಪೀತಾಂಬರನುಟ್ಟಿಹಳು ಜರದಾಕುಪ್ಪಸ ತೊಟ್ಟಿಹಳು |
ಹರಿತಾ ಹರುಷದಿ ಕರದಲಿ ಮುಡಿಸಿದ ಸುರಸುಮ
ತುರುಬಿನೊಳಿಟ್ಟಿಹಳು || ೧ ।।

ಕಡಗ ಕಾಲಂದಿಗೆನಿಟ್ಟಿಹಳು | ನಡುವಿಗಾಭರಣವನಿಟ್ಟಿಹಳು
ಕೊರಳೊಳು ಅಡ್ಡಿಕೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಹಳು | ತನ್ನ ಬೆರಳೊಳು
ಮುದ್ರಿಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿಹಳು ।। ೨ ।।

ಚಂದ್ರಿಕಸಾಧಿಕ ಸನ್ಮುಖಳು | ಮಂದಹಾಸ್ಯರತಿ ಸುರಿಸುವಳು |
ಇಚಿದಿರೇಶನ ಪರಮುತ್ಸಂಗದೊಳ್ ಹೊಂದಿ
ಸಂತತ ಕುಳಿತಿಹಳು II ೩ ।।

Maṅgaḷaṁ jaya maṅgaḷaṁ॥pa॥

vara pītāmbaranuṭṭihaḷu jaradākuppasa toṭṭihaḷu |

haritā haruṣadi karadali muḍisida surasuma turubinoḷiṭṭihaḷu || 1।।

kaḍaga kālandigeniṭṭihaḷu | naḍuvigābharaṇavaniṭṭihaḷu koraḷoḷu aḍḍike kaṭṭihaḷu |

tanna beraḷoḷu mudrike iṭṭihaḷu।। 2।।

candrikasādhika sanmukhaḷu | mandahāsyarati surisuvaḷu |

icidirēśana paramutsaṅgadoḷ hondi

santata kuḷitihaḷu II 3।।

Muddu Mahalakṣhmige Muttinarati Belagi Lyrics and Audio

Aarati song for our Goddess Mahalakshmi. From the same book I have. Trying to learn and post as many as possible during this Shravana Masa Friday’s.

ಮುದ್ದು ಮಹಾಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಮುತ್ತಿನಾರತಿ ಬೆಳಗಿ || ಪ ||

ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಜಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಜಯ ಮಂಗಳವು ಹಾಡಿ ।। ಅ ಪ ।।

ಸಂತಾನಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ಹೂವಿನ ಹಾರ |
ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಸಣ್ಣ ಜಾಜಿ ಮುಡಿಸಿ |
ಸಂಪತ್ತು ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಸಕಲ ಉಪಚಾರವ ಮಾಡಿ
ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದ ಪಡೆದು l । ೧ ।।

ಭಾಗ್ಯದ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಬಾರಮ್ಮ ಎಂದು ಕರೆದು

ಧಾನ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ದರ್ಪದಿಂ ಕುಳ್ಳಿರಿಸಿ |

ಶ್ರೀಧನಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಶೃಂಗಾರವನು ಮಾಡಿ |

ಶ್ರೀ ರಮಣ ಸಹಿತ ವರಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇಡಿ ।। ೨ ।।

ಅಷ್ಟಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಪೂಜೆ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ
ಕಷ್ಟಗಳು ಪರಿಹಾರ ಇಷ್ಟಾರ್ಥ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ।।
ಕಪಿಲ ನಾಮಕ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮ ಕರುಣದಿಂದಲಿ ಮೊರೆವ ।। ೩ ।।

ಜಯಮಂಗಳ ನಿತ್ಯ ಶುಭಮಂಗಳಾ |
ಮತ್ಸಕೂರ್ಮ ವರಾಹನಿಗೆ ನರಸಿಂಹ ವಾಮನನಿಗೆ
ಭಾರ್ಗವಾ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಬುದ್ಧ ಕಲ್ಕಿರೂಪಿಗೆ
ಆರತಿಯ ಬೆಳಗಿ ಬೇಗ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶರಿಗೆ ।। ೪ ।।

Muddu mahālakṣmige muttinārati beḷagi || pa ||

śrī vijayalakṣmige jaya maṅgaḷavu hāḍi ।। a pa।।

santānalakṣmige sampige hūvina hāra |

saubhāgyalakṣmige saṇṇa jāji muḍisi |

sampattu lakṣmige sakala upacārava māḍi

aiśvaryalakṣmiya āśīrvāda paḍedu l। 1।।

bhāgyada lakṣmi bāram’ma endu karedu

dhān’yalakṣmiya darpadiṁ kuḷḷirisi |

śrīdhanalakṣmiya śr̥ṅgāravanu māḍi |

śrī ramaṇa sahita varagaḷannu bēḍi।। 2।।

aṣṭalakṣmiya pūje bhaktiyinda māḍidare

kaṣṭagaḷu parihāra iṣṭārtha sid’dhi।।

kapila nāmaka paramātma karuṇadindali moreva।। 3।।

jayamaṅgaḷa nitya śubhamaṅgaḷā |

matsakūrma varāhanige narasinha vāmananige

bhārgavā śrī rāmakr̥ṣṇā bud’dha kalkirūpige

āratiya beḷagi bēga lakṣmi veṅkaṭēśarige।। 4।।

Shree VaraMahalakshmi Vrata Katha Story Audio

As promised, find video where I have recorded the entire story of this amazing festival on Goddess Lakshmi.

Even devotees who don’t know Kannada can listen and get the blessing from Goddess MahaLakshmi.

Sobhanavu Namma Mahalakshmige Harige Lyrics Audio

Uploading another amazing song for the upcoming Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata Pooje. Please find lyrics added to the Video. Will add lyrics in Kannada and English soon.

Happy Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata Pooje to all. I am trying to record the Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata Katha/Story and upload soon.

Shri Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata Details

• August 5th – Friday – Shri Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata

Shri Vara Mahalakshmi Vrata is performed by married Hindu women to seek the blessings of the Goddess Mahalakshmi, wife of Lord Vishnu.

The Vrata is observed on the Friday immediately preceding the full moon day of the month of
Sravana Masa. On the day of Pooje or Vrata, women clean their homes and decorate their front yards with rangolis. Later, they take a bath and deck wear pure silk saree and jewellery. The lady performing the pooje makes a mandala with the drawing of a lotus upon it. A kalasha filled with rice and topped with fresh mango and betel leaves, a coconut smeared with haldi and kumkum and cloth are placed on the mandala and Lakshmi is invoked therein.

After the worship of the kalasha, follows the worship of Ganesha, then the worship of the sacred thread. Now the main worship of Vara Lakshmi begins and the scared thread is worshipped a second time. It is then tied to the right hand of the lady. After the worship thamboola is given to 5 married ladies.

The same evening, we invite all the neighboring ladies(married women) and offer them tamboola; also called veeledele Adike, which is an offering of betel leaves, fruits, betel nuts, kumkum, haldi and dakshine. At this point the ladies also sing songs in praise of goddess Varalakshmi.

Attached below is a scanned vrata procedure in Kannada:

• varamahalakshmi-vrata

So, here comes the link which has the lyrics for all songs posted on this blog on Goddess Lakshmi.

• Lakshmi Pooje songs

And here comes the link which has colorful and many designs for drawing Rangoli

• Rangoli Designs

And can any festival be complete without authentic dishes? Here are some recipes posted in this blog:

• Authentic Madhwa Dishes. This has recipes for Cucumber Kosambari, Beans Palya, Potato Palya, Lemon Rice, Ambode, Majjige Huli, Nucchina Unde, Gojju, Badam puri etc.

Attached is the post link for the links I have for lyrics, and Shravana Friday Pooje procedure.

• Lakshmi Pooja Vidhana Procedure.
• Shravana Masa Lakshmi Pooja Vidhana

P.S: As always no food is prepared with onion or garlic.

Jayamangalam song on Goddess Lakshmi

Another amazing lyrics from the book. Composed by Shree Purandara Dasaru. I had never heard this song ever. Beautiful it is and once again added my own tune. Like my Father says, for God’s Bhajane Raga Tala isn’t key, bhakthi is important.

Happy Friday and Happy Shravana Masa to All.

I have a screenshot of the lyrics in the video, will post it soon.

Nadedu Baramma Manege Lyrics and Audio

During this visit to Kamadhenu Kshetra, and in their book store I found an amazing book on Goddess Lakshmi Devi and it has exactly 108 songs composed by Dasaru. I am trying to learn as many as possible and post it here in my blog especially for Shravana Masa Friday’s pooja.

Here is the link for Kamadhenu Kshetra in Bangalor.

https://www.kamadhenu-kshetra.com/

I also learnt another trick to scan and convert lyrics. I used to spend hours and hours during weekends typing lyrics and converting them. With this new technique, lot of time saved. One benefit of being an Engineer right? No matter what, that mindset helps.

Lyrics in Kananda and English.

ನಡೆದು ಬಾರಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಗೆ | ಲಕ್ಷುಮಿ ದೇವಿ
ನಡೆದು ಬಾರಮ್ಮ ಮನೆಗೆ ||ಪ||

ನಡೆದು ಬಾರಮ್ಮ ಜಗದೊಡೆಯನ ಮಡದಿಯೇ
ಅಡಿಗಳಿಗೆರಗಿನಾ ನಡೆಮುಡಿ ಹಾಸುವೆ ||ಅಪ॥

ಗೆಜ್ಜೆನೂಪುರ ಪೆಂಡೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆಯನಿಕ್ಕುತ
ಮೂರ್ಜಗಜನನಿಯೇ ಅರ್ಜುನನ ಸಖಪ್ರಿಯೆ ll1||

ಹರಿದ್ರ ಕುಂಕುಮವಿಟ್ಟು ಸುರಗಿ ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ಮುಡಿದು
ಸರುವಾಭರಣವಿಟ್ಟು ಅರಳು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಮೇಲೆ ||2||

ಕಂಕಣ ಕರಿಬಳೆ ಕಿಂಕಿಣಿ ನಾದದಿ
ಕುಂಕುಮಾಂಕಿತೆ ದೇವಿ ಬಿಂಕವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ನೀನು I|3||

ಬೃಗುವಾರ ದಿನದಲಿ ಖಗಧ್ವಜನೊಡಗೂಡಿ |
ನಗುಮೊಗ ತೋರುತ | ಮಗುವಿನ ಮನೆಗೀಗ |4||

ಸಾಗರ ನಂದಿನಿ | ಭೋಗಿಸನ್ನಿಭವೇಣಿ
ನಾಗೇಶಶಯನನ ಭೋಗದ ರಾಣಿ ||5||

Naḍedu bāram’ma manege | lakṣumi dēvi

naḍedu bāram’ma manege ||pa||

naḍedu bāram’ma jagadoḍeyana maḍadiyē

aḍigaḷigeraginā naḍemuḍi hāsuve ||apa॥

gejjenūpura peṇḍe hejjeyanikkuta

mūrjagajananiyē arjunana sakhapriye ll1||

haridra kuṅkumaviṭṭu 1 suragi sampige muḍidu

saruvābharaṇaviṭṭu araḷu mallige mēle ||2||

kaṅkaṇa karibaḷe kiṅkiṇi nādadi

kuṅkumāṅkite dēvi biṅkavillade nīnu I|3||

br̥guvāra dinadali khagadhvajanoḍagūḍi |

nagumoga tōruta | maguvina manegīga |4||

sāgara nandini | bhōgisannibhavēṇi

nāgēśaśayanana bhōgada rāṇi ||5||