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Kubera Lakshmi Puja

कुबेर-लक्ष्मी पूजाKubera-Lakṣmī PūjāThe rite in which Kubera, keeper of the treasury, is invoked in the north beside Lakshmi

Lakshmi is worshipped with the full sixteen upachar and Kubera is invoked in the north, on his yantra, beside the place where the household or firm keeps its accounts.

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₹2,100
Duration
1 hr – 3 hr
Languages
en · hi · bn · ta · te · kn · mr · gu
Performed as
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Why this ritual

What the rite is for

The tradition distinguishes the two presences carefully, and the vidhi keeps that distinction. Lakshmi is Shri — sustenance, dignity, the grace by which a household is held together — and she is worshipped at the seat, facing east. Kubera is the yaksha king of Alaka, keeper of the nidhis, and he is invoked in the north, which is his direction, on a copper yantra placed near the safe or the ledger. The Shri Suktam from the khila of the Rigveda is recited for the first, the Kubera mantra of the Vaishravana form for the second. Between them the rite says something simple and old: that what sustains a house is one thing, and what is stored in it is another, and both should be treated with care rather than anxiety.

Textual basis

Where it comes from

The Shri Suktam belongs to the khila portion appended to the Rigveda; the Kanakadhara Stotra is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya and is sung in the same sitting in most southern and Konkani households. Kubera appears as the lokapala of the north in the Puranas and in the dikpala scheme used for every mandala drawn in a puja, which is why his sthapana is directional rather than central. Diwali and Dhanteras carry the largest volume of this rite, but it is also performed on the Friday of Shravan and at the start of a financial year.

Vidhi

The rite, step by step

Timings are approximate and vary with the pandit's paddhati.

Samagri

What the vidhi calls for

And why each item is used.

  • Kamalgatta (lotus seeds)

    100 g

    The lotus is Lakshmi's own seat, so its seed is her customary offering. Some are placed in the safe at the end of the rite.

    Included in the kit

  • Lotus flowers

    5 piece

    Offered at the pushpa upachar. Where lotus is out of season, red hibiscus or marigold is used and the substitution is stated in the sankalp.

  • Cowrie shells

    11 piece

    An old token of exchange kept in the puja thali and afterwards in the cash box. It marks the drawer as a place of account, not of hoarding.

    Included in the kit

  • Copper Kubera yantra

    1 piece

    Kubera is invoked on the yantra rather than on an image. Copper is used because it is the metal prescribed for northern sthapana.

    Included in the kit

  • Five-wick brass lamp

    1 piece

    Lit with cow ghee for the deep daan. Five wicks are the customary count for Lakshmi pujan in most paddhatis.

  • Saffron

    2 g

    Mixed into the gandha and used to write Shri on the ledger or the first invoice.

  • Batasha & kheel

    500 g

    The naivedya of Lakshmi pujan in north India, and the prasad distributed afterwards.

  • Silver coin

    1 piece

    Bathed in panchamrit during the snana upachar and then kept in the safe. Any old family coin may be used in place of a new one.

  • Red cloth asana

    1 piece

    Spread beneath the chowki on which Lakshmi is seated. Red is the customary colour for this pujan.

  • Panchamrit set

    1 piece

    For the snana upachar of Lakshmi, the coin and the yantra. Mixed fresh on the morning of the puja.

Packages

What differs between tiers

Stated plainly: the counts, the number of pandits, and the time it takes.

  • Deep Pujan

    Lakshmi puja, Kubera avahan and one mala of jaap — an hour, done properly.

    ₹2,100

    Duration
    1 hr
    Pandits
    1 pandit

    Included

    • Sankalp, Ganesh puja and kalash sthapana
    • Panchopachar Lakshmi puja
    • Kubera avahan with one mala of 108 jaap
    • Deep daan and aarti

    Not included

    • Yantra and samagri arranged by the family

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  • Shodashopachar

    Most chosen

    All sixteen upachar, the full Shri Suktam and Kanakadhara, eleven malas of Kubera jaap.

    ₹5,100

    Duration
    1 hr 45 min
    Pandits
    1 pandit

    Included

    • Everything in Deep Pujan
    • Full shodashopachar puja with panchamrit snana
    • Shri Suktam (16 verses) and Kanakadhara Stotra (21 verses)
    • 1,188 Kubera jaap — eleven malas
    • Consecrated copper Kubera yantra and full samagri

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  • Sahasra Jaap & Havan

    11,000 Kubera jaap by two pandits, closed with a Shri Suktam havan of 1,100 ahuti.

    ₹11,000

    Duration
    3 hr
    Pandits
    2 pandits

    Included

    • Everything in Shodashopachar
    • 11,000 Vaishravana mantra jaap shared between two pandits
    • Havan of 1,100 ahuti with the Shri Suktam, purnahuti and vasordhara
    • Tijori pujan and yantra sthapana with written care instructions
    • Recording of the jaap sankhya declaration at the close

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Who performs it

Pandit requirement

One pandit performs the puja and the path. A second is added only for the 11,000 jaap, so the count is completed in a single sitting rather than spread across days.

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