VaraLakshmi Vrata Puja Process

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With the VaraLakshmi Vratam coming up on August 20 (Friday before the full moon day in the month of Sravan), thought i should document the same.

We start the season of puja with this one for the Old Mother.

Converted the puja on the cassette (in Telugu) to a set of MP3 files: (using the Philips Rip-All AZ1856)

• Getting Ready (the list of items required for the puja is below)
• Puja—Part 1
• Puja—Part 2
• Katha.

You can download by right-clicking on the above links, as usual.

Needless to say, the puja is parametrized :-) and here are the following (few) items that you should be ready with:

• Your gotra
• The year (for 2012, it's nandana nAma; for 2011, Srikhara nAma; for 2010, vikRuti nAma)
• Tithi (for 27^th July, it's navami).
• Your location with respect to Srisailam. Here are the Telugu equivalents: (source)
  East (Thoorpu)
  West (Padamara)
  North (Uttharamu)
  South (Dakshinamu)
  South-East (Aagnaeyamu—for folks in Chennai)
  South-West (Nairuthi—for folks in Bangalore)
  North-West (Vaayuvyamu)
  North-East (Eesanyamu—'Sa' as in Sat).

The list of items required for the puja (from the cassette) are as follows:

• Turmeric
• Kumkum
• Fruits
• Flowers
• Betel Leaves
• Betel Nuts
• Agarbathi
• Camphor
• Gandham
• Akshatalu
• Coconuts
• Kalasam
• Kalasam Vastram
• Mother's Pratima or Vigraham
• PanchAmrutam (Cow Milk, Cow Ghee, Curd, Honey, Sugar)
• Lamps: (Oil and Ghee)
• Yagnopavetam (Cotton)
• Ornaments
• MahaNaivedyam
• Thoramu (Nine Knots)
• Pasupu (Turmeric) Ganesha
• Peetam (with standard decoration)
• Water in Glass, with uddarina.

VaraLakshmi Vratam and the Virat