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Diwali Lakshmi - Ganesha Puja Process: The worship or puja of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha forms the main event of Diwali in Northern and Western India. It is important on this day to keep the house spotlessly clean and decorate with diyas and rangolis to attract the Goddess Lakshmi who visits the house that is cleanest. That is why on this day the household broom is worshipped with offerings of haldi and kumkum (turmeric and vermilion). Lamps are lit leading to the altar, and small footprints of Goddess Lakshmi are drawn with rice paste and vermilion to guide the Goddess into the house. Lakshmi Puja consists of a combined puja of five deities: Ganesha is worshiped at the beginning of every auspicious act as Vighneshvara; Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped in her three forms - Mahalakshmi (the goddess of wealth and money), Mahasaraswati (the goddess of books and learning), and Mahakali; Kuber (the treasurer of the gods) is also worshiped. List Of Items Required For Lakshmi / Ganesha Puja:  Idols Of Goddess Lakshmi and Ganesha- Vastra / poshak (dress) for the deities
- Gold and / Silver coins with embossed images of Lakshmi and new currency notes
- small low stool or chowki
- Accounts books
- Red and White cloths - 2 meter each
- Incense sticks, matches, moli (sacred thread), roli (kum kum powder), rice grains (uncooked), attar, matches to light the incense sticks.
- Taali or bell to do aarti
- clay diyas: many small and one big
- Panchamrit ( is a mixture of five foods used in Hindu worship and puja, usually honey, sugar, milk, yoghurt, and ghee)
- mustard oil / ghee for diyas, cotton wicks, one big cotton wick for the big diya
- Haldi, chuna, camphor, coconut with water, betel leaves, betel nuts, ghee, pure water (Ganga jal), durva grass, cloves, cardamom, kesar, akshata (rice grains mixed with kum kum); ashtagandha (scented orange powder), sandalwood powder. These are puja samagris which come ready made in a packet during Diwali.
- Dry fruits, lotus flower
- 2 Kalash (big pots)
- Khoi, batashe, makhane, paapris, khaand ke khilone (candy toys)
- small pot for water
- Naivedya ( 5 types of fruits - apple, banana, pears, orange, grapes; Indian Diwali Sweets)
- Thaalis / Plates / trays
- Flower and garlands for the deities
- new utensils
- Abhishek patra (utensil for bathing)
- Betel nuts, uncooked rice grains, water small kalash, paan or mango leaves
 Diwali Decorations
Diwali Lakshmi / Ganesha Puja Process
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