What is Lakshmi Puja?
[[File:Kojagari Laxmi Puja - Bengali Hindu Family - Howrah 2015-10-26 6730-6733.tif|thumb|Bengali Hindu Family doing Lakshmi Puja]] '''Lakshmi Pooja''' ({{Lang-sa|लक्ष्मी पूजा|translit=Lakṣmī Pūjā}}), is a [[Hindu]] religious festival celebrated once in a year. It is [[wikt:celebrate|celebrated]] on the [[Amavasya]] (new moon day) of Krishna Paksha (Dark [[wikt:fortnight|fortnight]]). In the [[Vikram Samvat|Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar]] it is celebrated in the month of [[Ashwin]] or [[Kartik (month)|Kartik]]. The [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] is done on the third day of [[Tihar (festival)|Tihar]] and is considered as the main event of [[Diwali|Deepawali]]. In [[Hinduism]], [[Lakshmi]] is goddess of wealth and lord [[Vishnu]]'s wife. It is believed that in this day she visits her followers and give them gifts and [[wikt:blessing|blessings]]. To welcome the Goddess, people clean their houses and make it bright with lights. They also prepare good food and sweets for [[offering]]s. [[Category:Hindu festivals]] [[Category:Festivals in India]]