Navarathri @ my home

Ashta Lakshmi

Seemandha set

Hanuman

Gayatri

Karthigai pengal

Saraswathi

Ponnu Mapla

Sweets

Marapachi

Shivan-Parvathy

uri adi

Lakshmana

Wooden elephant

Fruits

Varalakshmi

Vilakku

Saraswathi

Bomma kolu

Varalakshmi pooja

The picture below is the lakshmi goddess decorated in my house with jewelry and flowers during varalakshmi pooja.

Varalakshmi Vrata is a festival to propitiate the goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, one of the Hindu Trinity. Varalakshmi is one who grants boons (Varam). It is an important pooja performed by many women in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and North Tamil Nadu. The Hindu festival going by the name 'Vara Lakshmi Vrata' is celebrated on the Second Friday or the Friday before full moon day


Varalakshmi Vrata is performed by married woman for the well being of all the family members, especially husband, to get progeny etc. It is believed that worshiping Goddess Varalakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshiping Ashtalaksmi – the eight goddesses of Wealth, Earth, Learning, Love, Fame, Peace, Pleasure, and Strength. 

In the kingdom of Magadha of yore, there lived a Brahmin woman called Charumathi in a town named Kundina. The prosperous town was the home of Charumathi and her husband. Impressed by her devotion to her family, Goddess Mahalakshmi appeared in her dream and asked her to worship Vara-Lakshmi and seek to fulfill her wishes. 

When Charumathi explained her dream to her family, she found them encouraging her to perform the pooja. Many other women of the village joined her in performing the pooja in a traditional way and offered many sweet dishes to the Goddess Varalakshmi.

On this occasion women worship Goddess Lakshmi with utmost devotion offering sweets and flowers, usually a kalash will be decorated with a saree, flowers and gold jewelry with offerings placed in front.

Mainly this pooja is done to seek prosperity and happiness for the family :)

Jhumkas

Indian Jewelry is incomplete without Jhumkas.They are large size chandelier earing in circular or conical bell shaped.Jhumkas are available in gold,silver,gemstone,oxidized,pearl.....goes on..

Traditional jhumkas are made in gold.They may be single or multi layered.

Jhumkas are used for the traditional dance form barathanatyam as well.It will have an ear chain called maattal that is attached to earing and worn over the ear and fixed to the hair

Some of the other options available are Hoop Jhukas,Kashmiri jhumkas.

I don't want to get some pics from the internet and post it here..hence a picture of my jhumka collection.Planning to buy some more when i visit India this time.