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Almost every human being loves money and wants to be rich. Every human life has to follow the life cycle of karma, upon which they will face many obstacles in their life. Our sastras say that we can please goddess Lakshmi and get blessings of her by following few rituals. Learn how to please Goddess Lakshmi: Wake up early morning Clean the premises and apply the coat of cow dung. Decorate the house with rangoli designs (muggulu). On every Friday apply turmeric powder to door bottom (gadapa) and decorate with kumkum tilak Decorate the entrance of the house with mango leaves Serving cow by providing corn to eat If you have any opinion of donating cow or donation in cowshed then it should be done on Friday If we chant Lakshmi mantra using Padma garland then will always be blessed with the goddess Never we have to sleep late on Friday morning and during sunset If you have leftover food or curries you should not throw them, instead, you should donate to the poor. People w

Whenever we visit the temple first we need to touch dwajastambham and do pradikshana. If its Shiva temple then we need to do Chandi pradhakshina and if its Vishnu temple we can perform normal circumambulating. In Hindu culture, Chandi pradhikshana has got immense prominence. “First we need to visit Nandi and go to panabattam, then again turn back and go to next panabattam and turn back and visit Nandi and again go to panabattam and come back then this is called Chandi pradakshina .” Above phrase may be a little confusing but we need to follow the exact way to do chandi pradakshina . One single Chandi pradhikshana will give you some thousands of normal pradakshina. First, we need to understand the significance of this “ Chandi pradhikshana ”, in every Shiva temple we find panabattam where Abhisheka fluids and water flow from it, as we should not move about this flow as it's considered sacred we also find small idol which is considered as Chandeshwarudu . We need to visit Chan

Lord Shiva is known for blessing with wealth but he will be seen by applying ashes whole over his body. He is also called as Bhola Shankar as he will provide any kind of boon with little penance of worship. Tips to please Lord Shiva and get blessings of Lord Shiva:  As we cannot touch god or goddess foot in the temple, we find “shatagopam” which has god’s foot imprints on it. It is considered good if we put that shatagopam on our head part where we have Sahasrara chakra. As it touches our body we should think our birth on this earth has fulfilled then our visit to temple gets fulfilled. When you visit Lord Shiva temple, We need to take maredu (bael) leaves given by the priest and touch those leaves to our eyes. We have to place those leaves on the spine of Nandhi and touch back of nandhi with your left hand and its horns with right-hand fingers. If we watch Lord Shiva with our forefinger and thumb placing on horns it is good. Lord Shiva and Parvathi will always be seated

In Hindu mythology swastika symbol is treated as a sacred symbol, it tells the presence of goddess Lakshmi. It is treated to bring goodness, wellness, peace, wealth and fame. Swastik has four shoulders in four directions; the first one is brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha, and sukh samrudhi. This symbol should be installed in shubh muhurath and for blessings of goddess Lakshmi, in all times we need to chant  “Deepam jyothi parahbrahmam Deepam sarvathamoharam Deepena saadhyate sarvam, Deepa Lakshmi namostute” Importance of Swastik Symbol for pleasing goddess Lakshmi: Even during lighting the lamp, we need to draw a swastika symbol and place the lamp on a leaf. By doing this goddess Lakshmi will stop fluctuating and bless us by wealth. Whoever prays goddess Lakshmi with Padma flowers or with the person who attained guropadesham and prays padmapoosa and chant with moola mantra will be blessed by ashtalakshmi’s. Lakshmi means not just money, santhanam, sowbhagyam, ayushu,

Importance of Dhaksinavruta Shankam We pray to lord Vishnu as “Megha shyamam pethakosiyavasam srivatsangam kosubodhbasitangam”. Our sastras say dhaksinavruta shankam (shell) is very sacred. Whenever we use that shell in our temple room, it should not be submerged in ordinary water. We should pour sacred waters like Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Tungabadra, Saraswati, Krishna and Kaveri river water. Upon storing sacred waters, if we apply sandalwood, kumkum, and flowers to the shell and pray to it we will be blessed with Lord Vishnu. Also whoever consumes sacred water as thirdham every day they will be blessed with health and wealth.    That is why we find priests offering thirdham in shells. Namaskar Format to Please God Also according to archana format, when we offer naivedyam to god, we should follow certain steps. First, we need to clean the floor with water, offer naivedyam on a banana leaf, placed on the right hand side of god. We should do namaskar 7, 5 or 3 times

We should be thankful to our mother, father, god, and guru. Where ever you are in this universe, if you are blessed with your guru, you attain the power to outcome from all obstacles. When you are in a problem and if you pray your guru then his blessings will protect you like armor that’s why we call guru as Lord Brahma. Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah | Gurur sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah || Meaning: The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru Deva is Maheswara (Shiva), The Guru is Verily the Para-Brahman (Supreme Brahman); Salutations to that Guru. Why should be thankful to our teacher/ guru: Whether knowingly or unknowingly if we are facing problems then you have to chant “dattat saranam mama, dattat saranam mama” with devotion and concentration. As Guru Datta is a guru of all gurus and he is a form of trinath (Brahma, Vishnu, and Lord Shiva). You will also get protected from natural calamities with his blessings. From a

Importance of Panchopachara pooja Whenever we perform any ritual to god, Panchopachara pooja will be given the first prominence. This means Gandham (sandalwood), Pushpam (flowers), Deepam (lamp), Doopam (incense sticks) and naivedyam (food). Similarly, we have Dasopachara pooja – pardyam, argyam, achamanam, snanam, vastram, gandham, pushpam, dhoopam, deepam, naivedyam. Shodachopachara pooja - pardyam, argyam, achamanam, snanam, vastram, aabharanam, gandham, pushpam, dhoopam, deepam, naivedyam, aacahmana, tambula, stotra patanam, tarpana, namaskaram When you light ghee lamp in your house then you need to light the lamp towards the right side of the god. If you are lighting with oil then best of all other oils is til oil, you need to place the lamp towards the left side of the god. What is Daiva runa As a human being, we should be thankful to God for giving unimaginable intelligent body. In Hindu mythology among all ‘runas’ we should accomplish daiva runa . Dur

During Sravana Masam(month), whoever the lady plans to do Mangala Gowri Vratham (on Tuesday) needs to prepare thoranam’s and put one in front of the devotee, the second one is to be tied to her hand and others need to be tied to muthaituvu (a woman whose husband is alive). During the time of trying to mutahituvu, for offering maha naivedyam and vayanam (offering to muthaituvu), we make Pongal made with rice, green gram, turmeric powder, and a little salt. Later we offer turmeric powder, kumkum , sandalwood powder, eyetex, bangles, Bengal gram, banana, salimidi (recipe made with rice powder and jaggery) as a vayanam (offering). This offering is normally given by inviting women after sunset or even given by going to their house. Mangala Gowri vratam is done on all four Tuesdays during this month and this process is done continuously for five years and then they do udyapana (finish). Count of muthaituvu will increase by 5. That is 2 years after marriage we give it to 10 women

Sravana pournima is also called as maha sravanam, whole this month is considered to have vrathas. It is considered that this month is dedicated to pray Lord Vishnu, Shiva, and Shakthi. Whatever our ancestors and sages prescribed, we have benefits in returns for an example they said us to have ekabhukta vratam where we take food for only one time during the day and in the second time you can have fruits. Also, Nakta Vratam is also one of the famous rituals where we do fasting the whole day and consume food (naivedyam) during sunset by praying Lord Shiva. This month is considered as dearest for both lords Shiva and Vishnu. Each day have its own prominence like on the fifth day we do Naga Panchami. Sravana is considered to have powers in its name word also is knowledge of Vedas. We have gained knowledge of Vedas from Lord Vishnu. Lord Brahma originated with from Narayana and Brahma created all gods and worlds. When gods asked their responsibilities, Brahma replied that he would s

 Importance of Sindoor Tilak Lord Hanuman is known for having the boon of immortality. He is also known for devotion towards Lord Ram. Whoever chants Hanuman Chalisa or sundarakanda is being blessed by lord. People who are suffering from many problems and unable to come out of problems and being pulled inside unnecessary quarrels can be rescued by chanting Anjineya Badabalana stotram with devotion for 3 times a day. Similarly keeping spatika ling, padarasa ling, ekamuki rudraksha and Hanuman idol and chanting manyasukta payan we can come out of all kinds of problems and get mental peace. Sindoor tilak is known to have its prominence in Hindu culture as whoever does Abhishek with sindhoor to Hanuman and apply as a tilak on his forehead they will be blessed with Lord Ram.  You may think sindoor belongs to Hanuman but why will Ram bless us? Goddess Sita applied sindoor on her forehead then Hanuman asked: “Oh mother what is that you are applying?” Then she replied, “Oh son

Rituals to be performed on Akshaya Tritiya and in Vaishaka Masam As part of donations, we can also donate water or buttermilk. Some offer unlimited water to be flown over Shivling which we call it as jalanthika (vessel with a small hole). We got Tritiya name because whoever does Japa (chanting), Homa, Annadhana (offering food) will be blessed with akshaka (unlimited wealth) so it’s called with Akshaya Tritiya. Here we get this blessing by offering and donations but not by purchasing. Today we offer to gods, rushis and our ancestors to get their blessings. “Yatkarothi truthiyayam krishnam chandana bhooshitam vaishakasyasithe pakshe sayathyatchyuthamandiram.” Which means we need to apply sandalwood and decorate him beautiful. He will bless us by showing the path to Vaikunta. That’s why in Simhachalam this day is considered a special day. Today all sandalwood applied to the lord will be removed and apply freshly. Today is the only day Simhachalam Simhadrappanna will be shown h

Importance of Akshaya Tritiya Akshaya Tritiya is one of the auspicious days in Hindu mythology. Today in order to get a blessing from Goddess Lakshmi everyone has to pray goddess by doing abhishekam with cow milk enchanted with srisuktham. Goddess Lakshmi will be blessing their children in the form of Ashta Lakshmi (eight forms). She will not just provide wealth but also provide all kinds of fortune like knowledge, health, food, life, children, etc. Because she blesses with all these fortunes it is said to donate to others is considered to be good on this day. Every person has to donate some fraction of his earning to others in need. Whoever donates gold on this day they will obtain immense blessings of the goddess. Today Indians pray with a gold coin which is embedded with goddess Lakshmi picture on it, we pray by chanting with srisuktam along with ashtotara anamavali and offer naivedyam. Later this naivedyam should be distributed with others in the form of annadhan (donate f

Importance of Holi Festival Holika is the sister of Hiranyakasika. She tried to kill Prahaladha but putting him in her laps as she has a boon of destruction whoever sits on her laps. When prahaladha started chanting the name Vishnu, Holika got destroyed. There is also one popular story believed in south India. All gods are aware of aggressiveness of Lord Shiva, if someone disturbs his mediation then they will be a victim of lords angry. In spite of knowing this fact lord Kamdev (cupid) tried to revoke Lord Shiva to save this world, in return he was burnt into ashes with lord’s third eye. Later with the blessing of Shiva, he was born as a son of Lord Krishna. Festival of Holi comprises of different colours, which means whatever the happiness or sadness we come across, we have to tackle them and come out of them with flying colours. Every man has got his own cruelty and goodness, between both of this there is always quarrel. In order to destroy cruelty within us, on the da

Raksha Bandhan or Sravana Purnima is one of the auspicious days as it is said to have God's eternal powers. It is also considered to attain quick results by chanting god names, stotras and japa as anyone who prays on this day will attain fulfillment of one-year prayers. Also, it is considered to bond a relationship between brother and sister. In our culture female is considered as the form of Shakti, when there is a period of destruction of relations between male and female this Raksha Bandhan will help us to protect mutually. Rakhee bonds relation in such a way that we do not see any kind of return from others and do help mutually with pure-hearted. By chanting Raksha Bandhan mantra will give you good results. Enabaddoparee raja danavendro mahabalaha denatvaam akhibadrami rakshamacahala macahala Upon the request of all gods, Lord Vishnu tried to capture one of the strongest demon king Bali Chakravarthi with his powers. Above mantra says that “O brother, I am ty