Dhanteras
. Utsav box for Dhanteras – Our Dhanteras pooja boxes are the comprehensive solution for all the worshipping requirements. Our festive pooja box carries all the relevant pooja essentials or poojan samagri and is systematically packed in the required quantity. You only need to arrange sweets, fruit flowers, and Pooja thali. Before you go through the pooja samagri list, you must know a bit about the festival.
About Dhanteras
The term Dhanteras is a combination of two words ‘Dhan’ and ‘Teras’ where Dhan connotes wealth while teras connotes the thirteenth day. Hence it is celebrated on the thirteenth day of the Krishna Paksha of Kartik month of the Lunar calendar. It marks the initiation of five days of the Diwali festival; it is usually observed one or two days before Diwali. On this day people worship Goddess Laxmi, Lord Dhanwantri, and Lord Kubera. Dhanteras gives the initiation for the Diwali vibes and sets the celebratory mood for it. Performing Dhanteras puja offers the surest way to invite prosperity into the home.
History and significance
All five days of Diwali including Dhanteras are about worshipping Goddess Laxmi and praying for prosperity. Buying precious metals like Gold. People also purchase utensils of steel, brass, or copper. It is believed that buying such things will bring good luck and will eliminate the negativity for the entire year. It is a belief that Goddess Laxmi and Lord Dhanvantri (God of Ayurveda) emerged from Samudra Manthan (churning of milk ocean) on the Dhanteras.
According to the legend, there was a king named Hima, the foreseer told him that his 16 years son would die of a snake bite just after four days of his marriage. His daughter-in-law played a trick, on the fourth day of his marriage, she placed the pile of ornaments at the entrance of her room and narrated stories to her husband to keep him awake the whole night.
Lord Yama came in the guise of the snake but he got dazzled due to the jewellery and sat on the pile of jewellery to listen to the story narrated by the new bride. Meanwhile, he missed the chance to kill the prince at the set time and blessed him the life. Thus, the precious metal has been linked to Goodluck and success.
Elements We Provide In Pooja Box:
- Plate
- Spoon
- Rangoli Sticker
- Red Cloth
- Aasan
- God photo
- Dhanteras Puja Book
- Garland
- Diya
- Roli
- Akshat
- Haldi Powder
- Supari
- Agarbatti
- Sambrani
- Matchbox
- Dhoop
- Kapoor
- Kalawa moli
- Gangajal
- Janaeu
- Ittar
- Laung
- Ilaichi
- Panchmewa
- Khaataa Bahi
- pen
- Laxmi charan sticker
- Shubh Labh Sticker
- Sathiya Sticker
- Yellow Tissue Paper
Fresh Samagri Needed:
- Flowers
- Water
- Fruits
- Sweets
- Ghee
- Pan patte
- Milk for Charnamrit
- Curd for Charnamrit
- Mango leaves for toran
Things Available at Home:
- Thaali/plates
- Katori / bowls
- Glasses
- Spoons
- Kalash/Lota
- Decoratives
- Rough cloth
- Napkin
Dhanteras Pooja Vidhi
- The evening is the perfect time to perform Dhanteras Pooja. On this day, Lord Ganesh, Goddess Laxmi, Lord Kubera, and Lord Dhanwantri are worshipped. Worshipping Shri yantra is also considered auspicious.
- As Lord Ganesha is the primarily worshipped GOd,first of all, Meditate and chant the mantra for ahvahna. Offer dhoop, deep, Chandan and roli tilak, red clothes, red hibiscus flowers, and Durva to the idol of lord Ganesha. Pray to bless your family with happiness and wisdom.
- Meditate and chant mantra to invoke Lord Kubera. Then offer dhoop, deep, tilak, vastra, flowers, and fruits. Pray the lord of Yaksha to bless your family with prosperity and wealth.
- Spread a new piece of cloth on the platform and put a handful of grains over it. Place a Kalash made up of any metal like gold, silver, copper, or brass. You can even use the terracotta Kalash if you don’t have the metal one. Fill it three-fourths with water, add a coin into it and place mango leaves around the open edge before putting the lid over it. Fill the lid with rice grains and place the idol of Goddess Laxmi over it.
- Light the lamp and offer Haldi, Kumkum, vastra, marigold flowers dhoop and deep to Goddess. Offer a garland of cotton beads, sweets, coconut, and fruits. Pour puffed rice and batashas over the idol. Worship your safe and draw Swastik over it with Kumkum At last perform Goddess Laxmi the Arti
- Offer nine kinds of grains to Lord Dhanvantri, offer dhoop, deep, vastra, tilak, sweets, and fruits. Pray to bless your family with health and heal the ailments.
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