Important Link to Lakshmi pooja

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Sai Ram Gina n Others,

Go to Google.com n give the key words as "varalakshmi prayers" n go to the link

offered

by ammas.com (ask agent). two main links are there when you give this. these two

will

lead to so much info. there are so many links through this website that gives so

many

details including the preparation of prasadam/offering dishes to the Goddess. I

read some

where that u can buy the CD of the pooja procedure from eprarthana.com. you can

browse

that also.

Regarding the prayers, you can just give "lakshmi prayers" in google and you

will get

thousands in english majorily. In puttaparthi they read sree suktham. the text

of it is

there in this link:

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/prayers_to_goddess_lakshmi.htm

you can chant any lakshmi stotra daily, sata namavali or any other stotra on

lakshmi,

whichever you prefer. the difference b/n the special day prayers n the regular

ones is:

on the G8 day, there will be kalasa pooja(a rounded vessel with new clothe n

coconut on

the top n some gold ornament). they will chant some prayers inviting the Goddess

in to

that kalash...they call it as aavahanam...they invite the goddess to be in front

of them

n chant the special stotras for the vara/vaibhava/sowbhagya lakshmi along with

stotras

for the prasadam nivedan/offering and the harathi. there are so many sites which

offer

these in english along with the meaning...one can offer this not only on

varalakshmi

vratam day (if they skip it) but also on any friday in the auspicious month.

tuesdays can

also be used if unavoidable. the whole month itself is for the divine Lakshmi

amma.

I hope this helps,

Hari Om,

In the heart of silence, one can hear the foot steps of God.

Sailaja Konakalla