Puja for Dhanteras
The festival of Dhanteras falls in the month of Kartik (Oct-Nov) on the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight. This auspicious day is celebrated two days before the Diwali festival.
How to Celebrate Dhanteras Pooja
On Dhanteras, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped to provide prosperity and well-being. It is also the day for celebrating wealth, as the word ‘Dhan’ literally means wealth and ‘Tera’ comes from the date 13th.
In the evening, the lamp is lit and Dhan-Lakshmi is welcomed into the house. Rangoli designs are drawn on pathways including the goddess’ footprints to mark the arrival of Lakshmi. Aartis or devotional hymns are sung to praise Goddess Lakshmi and sweets and fruits are offered to her.
Significance of Dhanteras
It is believed that Kuber’s house is the home of Adilaxmi, the goddess of wealth. Kuber pleased her and gave him massive wealth. Kuber lent some money to lord Vishnu for his marriage. In the context of this, devotees donate money to the temple of Venkateshwara in Tirupati so that they can pay back his loan. It is said the process will continue until the end of kalyug.
Lord Kuber is also worshipped by the Buddhists and known as Jmabhala because of the jambhara{lemon} he carries in his hand. The worship of Kuber helps in overcoming through the worries related to money and opens the inflow of money too.
The procedure of Kuber puja on Dhanteras
The worshipping of lord Kuber is generally in the form of yantra. This yantra is very powerful and brings prosperity and happiness in life. Other than Diwali, people also worship lord Kuber on Tuesday or Friday. They clean a wooden plate, draw the Kuber kolam with rice flour, and place it in front of the Kuber. In this kolam place the coins facing the numbers of kolam.
Put red flowers on the coins and the Kuber. Lit a lamp and agarbatti and chant the following mantra 11 times. The puja of Kuber helps in removing all worries related to money and a uniform flow of cash is seen by the blessings of Kuber. It is also believed that the Kuber yantra is very powerful one could get relief from poverty and scarcity of money just by doing puja of this yantra.
Importance of Kuber puja for Dhanteras
Lord Kuber is the god of wealth and prosperity and hence people worship him on Diwali, especially the business communities and traders. The people who worship lord Kuber are showered by his blessings. He alleviates every individual with good strength, successful business, education, knowledge, industrial and career growth. It also helps in the sufficient inflow of money and removes financial problems.
