Maha Laxmi Vrat Concludes with Religious Rituals

Kavrepalanchok. The 16-day Maha Laxmi Vrat, which began on the 2nd of Ashwin (Bhadra Shukla Saptami), is being concluded today with religious rituals. It is a tradition among followers of Vedic Sanatan Dharma to observe this fast to please Goddess Maha Laxmi, the deity of wealth and prosperity, and to wish for the happiness, peace, prosperity, and good fortune of their families.

Throughout the fasting period, devotees have been performing puja, offering lamps, and observing sattvic rules after daily ablutions. During this period, a tradition of living a restrained life, observing celibacy, sleeping on the ground, consuming only fruits, and offering arghya to the moon in the evening has been followed, informed Jyotish and Puranavachak Harihar Subedi. According to him, on the final, 16th day, devotees complete the fast by performing 'Udyapan' with special religious rituals.