I requested my Sai Friend Nandini to share her simple and sweet Everyday Morning Pooja . I felt it will help new shirdi sai baba devotees and also regular Hindu Devotees who worship their favourite Gods.  The pooja items thats available in India may not be easy to acquire abroad. So i request all of you to share your way of Doing everyday Morning Pooja as comments to this article or mail me from email in first page.

Goddess Lalitha Tiripurasundari

Everyday Morning Pooja for Shirdi Sai baba and Hindu Gods

Sairam Venkat,

I chant LalitaSahasranamam on Tuesdays and Fridays.  It is also auspicious to chant that on Pournami days but I am not able to do it regularly. I usually start my pooja with Ganesha Pancharatnam and Saraswati slokas. These I chant even before I sit for pooja. When I sit down to begin my pooja, these are the things I do. The whole process, if done in a most simple way, will take about 30 minutes for me.

1.   Change Baba’s shawl after wiping him with perfumed water.
2.   Light sesame oil lamp (ghee lamp on special days), show agarbathi etc. chanting small Gayatri slokas of various Gods.
3.   Then I begin chanting Mahalakshmi Ashtakam and Lalita Sahasranamam. It usually takes about 25 minutes. Some days I also chant Sri Suktam and a few other Devi slokas. But it all depends on how restless my daughter gets before that!
4.   Daily I keep kalkandu for neivedyam near Baba’s Feet before I start with the chanting.
5.   Next is karpoora arati. But again, I do that only when my husband is next to me, taking care of our daughter.
6.   Some days, if she is quietly sitting and playing, I will get to read some scriptures after the chanting.
7.   Finally, I offer my namaskarams and finish off my pooja.

As for flowers, I have to buy them from shops since I had no luck with potted plants. So I am not able to offer flowers daily. But we do have basil (tulasi) plant at home and I try to offer basil leaves during the pooja. (Please do NOT offer tulasi leaves for Ganesha).

This is my morning pooja routine at home, Venkat

Nandini

Friends, Now share your way of everyday morning Pooja which can be inspire and motivate others to do simple pooja every day…

Om sri Ganeshaya namaha

Om sri sainathaya namaha

Om sri mahalakshmi namaha

( This is more a divine article expressing my love for Sai , dattatreya and Mahalakshmi than a pooja procedure..No rules for sai. to me what ever we do with love is accepted )

Sai Mahalakshmi pooja to bless StarSai family friends for peaceful married life

Goddess Mahalakshmi who came to my house as my gift on my Amma’s birthday on march 23rd 2009. I have been worshipping her for over a year now. I also consider her as the consort of Lord Dattatreya “Anagha devi’ . I kept other Gods near this mahalakshmi while doing kumkum archana.

Reason to do Sai Mahalakshmi pooja to get married :

Getting married, being in love and taking it farward towards marriage , finding the suitable life partner , solving the financial and personal problems in marriage issues and finally leading a peaceful married life is all that many shirdi sai baba devotees need.

Marriages in india is associated with education , financial status and looks of the bride and bride groom. It could be the same any where in the world but in india, if you are born , you are supposed to get married “on time” . “On time” can be 23 years old in some families and in some 30′s. Parents consider it as their biggest responsibility to choose the right life for their son and daughter. Gradually due to matrimonial websites, men and women search their life partners with few clicks and imagine this is what i need.

If at all someone escapes from falling in love , they end up liking someone when they search their life partners and feel the pain when things doesn’t work out.

At times sai friends write me saying their parents don’t like their soul mate as he/she doesn’t have a good job, not secured financially and yes from a different caste . For years i used to be close to these friends and i have realized i din’t do anything for my dear friends irrespective of them speaking to me with affection asking if sai will do “something’.

The Gods living in my house :

I love Lord Surya a lot,many times i have mentally felt his presence in my life his grace and my mother has taught me the importance of bowing to sun god every morning . I have a beautiful face of sun god – Surya deva, Mahalakshmi in bronze whom i got for my mom’s birthday on march 23rd 2009 and a marble Goddess saraswathi who came to our house on a holy akshaya tritiya day.

I also have a shiv lingam with nagam who came as my gift for my parents wedding day.

Expressing love towards Sai Datta :

I light lamps to all my gods along with the Sai and Big Dattatreya who came all the way from shirdi to live in our house . Sometimes when i realize how much Datta tolerates a impure man like me , i take him in my hand , keep on my lap and hug him tight. I kiss him and keep him back on the wooden platform which is my pooja place.My mother scolds me if she saw me carrying statues in hand. She says if you consider them as god give respect and dont touch often. Hope i will realize the need to let Sai Datta remain pure with out my selfish human expression of devotion.

With my Shirdi Sai baba, i am much more close. I ask him ‘ Sai , did you had food” . I give him naivaidya of food in little plate or not but i always ask him “sai baba , saaptiya ” . Its my sai who gives food for me and all lives on planet but then he needs my love too. Like my mom i ask him ‘ Sai, did you have food ”

Blessings for peaceful married life :

I wanted to do something for all my sai friends whom i call as “StarSai family children ‘ . Some loves someone and waiting for his/her parents permission for years, some wait for their partner to settle down in career and some searching for right soul mate. They keep writing to me , i reply..they write..i reply..they do pooja , go shirdi, one girl went even to Gokarna, papanasam and many sacred pilgrimage just to make sure she gets the right husband.

Sai Mahalakshmi Pooja and Kumkum archana to all Gods :

Its my 61st week of Mahalakshmi pooja day . i DID abishekam to Sai baba, Dattatreya, Ganesha, shiva lingam , Lord Surya and Goddess saraswathi. Then placed Mahalakshmi over a ever silver plate which i used only for kumkum archana. Then i arranged the Ganesha, shiv ling, Meenakshi amman , Lord Surya’s face – Surya deva and goddess saraswathi .

I offered white flowers beautifully over mahalakshmi and started chanting

“Sai Mahalakshmi

Sai Mahalakshmi

Sai mahalakshmi”

.. I take a pinch of Kumkum in my finger and chant in mind 9 times , then offer over the beautiful mahalakshmi, the kumkum falls over all other Gods, Ganesha, Surya, Saraswathi, Shiv Ling and Meenakshmi Amman.

Sometimes i chant “Mahalakshmi Ashtakam”

Then i chant

Sai datta

sai datta

sai datta

Then i chant…

“Sri Sai ganesha, Sai paadha lingam ,

“Om sai namo namaha

sri sayee namo namaha,

jai jai sayee namo namaha ,

sadguru saayee namo namaha”

Then i chant Sai surya, Sai Surya …Sai Surya…

as i keep on chanting , My mind dwells in the divinity , purity and holiness of Gods. I could feel Mahalakshmi in beautiful mountain ..I can see the Gods. I feel their presence and that they show darshan to me.

I pray for all sai children who wish to get married, solve all the problems, guide them showing the right path and lead them towards peaceful married life.

I prayed for my parents , sister , brother in law and their baby Katya. Then to all my starsai family children who ever are close to me, who ever mailed me in past and who are going to mail me in future.

When you read this believe that Sai Baba and Goddess Mahalakshmi will surely show the right path for a peaceful married life. Make sure you don’t be stubborn that i only what to marry this person, i only need this personality , this aspects etc. Try to see beyond your desires.

Say Sai baba ” I keep myself and my desires in your holy feet, Sai you do whats good for me and bless me with a peaceful married life. Let me be a devoted Husband/Wife and lead a life of righteousness”

This is not a typical pooja which is ritualistic. This is something that came from bottom of my heart to see my sai children happy . When they write to me that they are peacefully married with good health, peace and prosperity.It makes me and Sai happy.

For more readings please go through

1. Sumangali pooja – Greatness of womens blessings

2.  StarSai.net – Shirdi Sai baba blessings for love marriage and relationship issues

3.  Marriagepooja.com – Blessings for peaceful married life

4. SaiMahalakshmi.com – Mahalakshmi pooja procedure

Om sri sainathaya namaha

Sai baba and Goddess Mahalakshmi are powerful..When you keep remembering them , light lamps with love and do good deeds your life will be filled with peace, good health and prosperity

C.Venkat raman

Always in the holy feets of shirdi sai baba

21st may 2010

This afternoon one of my sai friend called me asking for help. I worried as i dont know whats happening and i cant talk to her and if something serious. I told “saibaba, you are helping your children always . So i shall do a small offering with devotion and you take care of all sai children ” .

Shirdi Sai baba with beetle leave offering ,Mahalakshmi , ganesha,saraswtai and datta

Theres a Beetle plant in our house. I carefully plucked 2 leaves, washed them and offered infront of our sainath. I kept 2 paadhukas of sai over the beetle leave and 2 nuts .

Then i prayed Saibaba to bless my friend and help her and accept this offering for all Sai children who needs his help.

shirdi sai baba with his glorious divine vibrant smile blessing you

Then i took these photos as saibaba of my house looks milk white after many month.

Real bath for saibaba statue apart from regular abishekam

for long time i dint cleaned my saibaba statue. Well abishekam is there but the marble statue was getting dirt sticking to it which will go only if we clean with new tooth brush .

3 days back, i told saibaba, please let us have bath and nicely cleaned using margo soap with new tooth brush. Now i am satisfied that Saibaba looks Milk white like his soul.

Friends, if you also have dirt sticking to saibaba statue, please only every 6 month use a new tooth brush, take some bathing soap also which is new only for sai and clean them . Use a tub especially for sai abishekam. Then do the normal abishekam

Its recomonded you only do milk abishekam and then with water. if you mix kumkum, chandan etc and do abishekam to marble statue meant for keeping in house, then it sticks to marble and color changes.

Paadhukas of shirdi sai baba kept over beetle leaves offering

( I usually keep a devotional article in news paper as cover over the wooden stool over which i keep all gods idols .this time i kept a brochure from new york film school. Somehow for years it was my dream to do a course there but it never happened. I felt unfulfilled desires can be satisfied atleast when i use them to serve sainath as a cover for wooden stool )

Saibaba bless all your starsai children and help them.

Now lets all pray saibaba to help us by chanting

Om sri sainathaya namaha

or simply

chant

sai sai sai

sai sai sai

sai sai sai

Om sri sainathaya namaha

venkat

On Dattatreya Jayanthi i listed to the beautiful chantings

Dhigambara Dhigambara Shree Paadha Vallabha dhigambara

I still remember my visit to Datta paar mandhir which is mentioned in sai satcharitra ( nana goes here ) near the banks of Godavari river in kopergoan on the way to shirdi .

I did abishekam to Lord Ganesha, Mahalakshmi, Shiva, Sai paadhukas, Saraswathi and the beautiful Shirdi Sai baba and Lord Dattatreya.

From the book Shree Paadha Shree Vallabha Charitramrutam

Life of saint Shree Paadha shree vallabha

First avatar of lord dattatreya.

The holy book Shree Paadha Shree Vallabha Charitramrutam says the incident where Shree Paadha shree vallabha who incarnated as first avatar of Datta in 13 century requests Hanuman to take avatar as a sadguru.

Few months back i did below lemon lamps pooja to shirdi saibaba and lord dattatreya.

Dattatreya and Shirdi Saibaba blessings

Hanuman says i am only a servant of God. How do i deserve to take avatar as a Guru. Shree paadha says

“Hanuma though you served Rama, you are a perfect celibate and you have to take incarnation as a sadguru and yours will be samartha Sadguru incarnation”

Shree paadha shree vallabha says

After this avatar as shree paadha, i will take avatar as Narasimha saraswati . Then i will be in tapas in forest for 300 years. then i will have a 3rd avatar as Swami samartha. When the time of my samadhi comes,  i will incarnate in you and you will be known famous as Sainath.

While telling this Lord Hanuman sees a miracle . Mother Anusuya is having a child  and this moment where Shree paadha blesses Hanuman to incarnate as sadguru came to be known as Datta Jayanthi.

Well, the real Dattatreya jayanthi is celebrated all over the world by datta devotees as the birth of Lord Dattatreya. I am writing only what i read in the book shree paadha shree vallabha charitramrutam and i believe it as a sacred book.

For all of you sai devotees, sai is incarnation of any god you think he is. Its in your mind set.

Since today is Datta Jayanthi, i wish to post this message.

Om sainathaya namaha

You can chant

Jai guru Datta, Shree Guru datta

or

Dhingambara Dhigambara Shree Paadha Vallabha Dhigambara

or any chantings you love.

For more information about my experiences by grace of Lord Dattatreya you can visit www.DattatreyaLotus.com

Om sainathaya namaha

venkatraman

december 1st 2009

My Sai friend Sunitha didi contributed this wonderful sacred Prasanna Vaibhava lakshmi Vrata which is a pooja for Goddess Mahalakshmi.

You can visit SaiMahalakshmi.com for more Mahalakshmi Pooja and Mahalakshmi Mantra

Vaibhava Lakshmi Pooja for Goddess Mahalakshmi

Om sai ram

I have performed this pooja many times and reaped benefits.i have been doing every Friday as a routine. You have to plan for either 8 Fridays or 16 Fridays, preferably consecutively (skip during periods) the pooja is done on Friday evenings and can be done by both men and women. But please note that you should not stop puja until you fulfill your wish.

PRASANNA VAIBHAVA LAKSHMI VRATHA

Puja vidhan:
*** Wash face, hands and legs prior puja and apply kumkum(sindoor) on your forehead.

1. Vaibhav Lakshmi puja has to be performed every Friday evening
between 5:30 to 6:30 pm.

2. Clean the pooja area and do the rangoli (given in the book) or make a colored photocopy of rangoli and use the same.

3. in front of Vibhava Lakshmi’s photo, keep the kalash (thali filled with rice and a bowl of water where any gold ornament immersed in it.) put haldi, kumkum and sandal powder into the kalash, and treat this as gajalakshmi sanidhya and offer/pray do puja with insense stick and so on.

NOTE: those who cant afford to use gold ornament can replace with silver coin or idol of gajalakshmi.
4. when you end this puja, please share the prasadam (which you have made) as maha naivedya with the family members.
Please see the following ingredients are kept ready for puja.

Mantrakshathe (akshatha consists of raw rice haldi and kumkum).
A bowl half filled with water,
Gajje vastra (made of cotton haldi and kumkum)
Kapoor (camphor) for arti or even bathis (three, five or nine) dipped in ghee would do.

4. Please see that puja items are kept on the floor close to your feet.

5. Do remember to pray SRI MANN. NARAYAN AND THEN DO LAKSHMI PUJA.

SRI VAIBHAVA LAKSHMI PUJA VIDHANA

Shuklam baradaram vishnum shashi varnam chaturbhujam
Prasannavadhanam dhyayeth sarva vignopa shanthaye.

(Join your hands and pray to god)

SRI MANN NARAYANA SMARANE

Keshavaya namaha ,                             Sankarshanaya namaha
Narayanaya namaha                              Vasudevaya namaha
Madhavaya namaha                               Pradyumnaya namaha
Govindaya namaha                                Aniruddhaya namaha
Vishnuve namaha                                  Purushothamaya namaha
Madhusudhanaya namaha                   Adhokshajaya namaha
Trivikramaya namaha                           Narasimhaya namaha
Vamanaya namaha                                Achuthaya namaha
Sridharaya namaha                               Janardhanya namaha
Hashikeshaya namaha                         Upendraya namaha
Padmanabhaya namaha                       Haraye namaha
Damodaraya namaha                            Sri Krishnaya namaha

Sri Mann MahaGanadhiptaye namaha| Ishtadevathabhyo namaha|
Kuladevathabhyo namaha| Sarvebhyo devebhyo namaha|

Shantirastu | Pushtirastu | Avignamastu ||

(Chant the below mantra and do ganta nada)

Aagamarthantu devanam gamanarthantu rakshasam|
Kurughantavaram thatra devathahvan lanchana||

Do sankalpa (hold few grains of akshata (mantrakshathe)

Shubhe shobhane muhoorthe | aadya brahmanaha|
Dvitheeya parardhe | sri shwethavarakalve | vaivaswathamanvantare |
Kaliyuge | bharathavarshe | bhartah khande| jamboo dweepe dandakaranye
Godavaryaha | dakshine teere | shalivahana shake | bhaudhavathare |
Sri rama kshetre | Chandra maanena prabhavadi shrashti samvatsaranam
Madhye… samvatsarasya….. aayane .. rutav… maase.. pakshe… thithav …
Vasare… nakshatre aevam guna visheshena vishishtayam shubha thithav
Sri Prasanna Vaibhava Lakshmi Vratamaham Karishye||

(leave the akshatha and water on a tali)

Kalasha puja:

Gangecha yamune chaiva godavari saraswati |
Narmade sindhu kaveri jalesmine sannidhim kuro ||

(Offer puja to kalash, and sprinkle the water on your head and on god.)

Tatradav nirvighnatha sidhyartham Sri Mann Maha Ganapati pujam karishye

(Offer puja to Lord ganapati with haldi and kumkum)
Vakratunda mahakaya kotisurya samaprabha |
Nirvighnam kurume devo sarva karyeshu sarvadha ||

Sri Vaibhava Lakshmi Dhyanam

Yasaa padmasanstha vipulakati padmapatrayatakshi |
Gambhiraa varthanabhistanabhara namitha shubrvatrothariya |
Laksmi dirvairgajendrai manigana kachitha vaasitaa hemakumbhai |
Nityam  saa padmahastaa mama vasatu gruhe sarva mangalya yuktaa||

(Pray to god with joined hands and offer flower and akshatha)

Sarva mangala mangalye shive sarvartha sadhike |
Sharanye tryambake devi narayanae namosthuthe ||

Avahayami | aasanam samarpayami |
Arghya  – paadya – aachamana – snana – vastra – akshatam samarpayami ||

(Thinking that we have done shoda shopachara puja in detail – offer flower and akshatha)

Pray with joined hands

Vande lakshmi parashivamayim shudha jaambhunadabham |
Tejo ropaam kanakavasanaa sarvabhushejwalangii |
Bijaapooram kanaka kalasham hemapadmam daddanam |
Aadhyam shakti sakala jananeem Vishnu namanka sansthaam ||

(pray- Offer flower, akshatha and gajje vastra to god)

Sri Vaibhava Laksmae namaha | Gandham samarpayami |
Sri Vaibhava Laksmae namaha | Haridra kumkuma samarpayami |
Sri Vaibhava Laksmae namaha | Akshatham samarpayami |
Sri Vaibhava Laksmae namaha | Nanavidha parimala dravyani samrpayami |

Mantra Puja: (join hands and pray)

Hiranyavarnam harinaem suvarna rajatasrajam |
Chandram hiranmayim lakshmeem jathavedoma aavaha ||

(Sri sukta pujam samarpayami)

(Dhupa – Deepa – Nivedyadi Samastharajopachara purja samarpayami)

Offer flower akshata and do namaskar

Sri Siddha Lakshmi Stotram

Sridevi pratama Prokta dvithiya Amrutodbhava |
Truthiya Kamaldevi chatirthi lokasundari ||

Panchami vishnupatni cha shasti Bhuvanathraya |
Saptamithu Vararoha ashtami Devikaa ||

Sarangapane navami,dashami Harivallabha |
Ekadashi Mahalakshmi dwadashi Lokapujitha||

Idum mantratmakam stotram yaha pateth cha suchinnaraha |
Tasma sarvani karyani sidantyeva na samshayaha||

(Offer sweet as naivedya after sprinkling the kalshodaka water)

SRI MAHALAKSMI ASHTOTHARA SHATANAMAVALIHI  PUJA

(Offer puja with untied flowers)

Om Prakruthyai namaha
Om Vikruthyai namaha
Om Vidyayai namaha
Om Sarvabhutahitpradayai namaha
Om Shradhayai namaha

Om Vibhutarai namaha
Om Surabhai namaha
Om paramatmikayai namaha
Om Vache namaha
Om Padmalayai namaha

Om padmayai namaha
Om Shuchayai namaha
Om Sudhayai namaha
Om Swaahayai namaha

Om Swadayai namaha
Om Dhanyai namaha
Om Hiranmayai namaha
Om Lakshme namaha
Om Nityapushtayai namaha

Om Vibhavaryai namaha
Om Adityai namaha
Om Dityai namaha
Om Deeptayai namaha
Om Vasudhayai namaha

Om Vasudharinai namaha
Om Kamalai namaha
Om Kantayai namaha
Om Kamakshyai namaha
Om Krodhasambhavayai namaha

Om Anugrahapradayai namaha
Om Bhuddheyai namaha
Om Anaghayai namaha
Om Harivallabhayai namaha
Om Ashokayai namaha

Om Amrutayai namaha
Om deeptayai namaha
Om lokashokavinashinai namaha
Om Dharmanilayayi namaha
Om Karunayai namaha
Om Lokamatre namaha

Om padmapriyai namaha
Om Padmahastayai namaha
Om Padmakshai namaha
Om Padmasundarai namaha
Om Padmodbhavayai namaha

Om Padmamukhai namaha
Om Padmanabhapriyayai namaha
Om Ramyayai namaha
Om Padmamaladharayai namaha
Om Devai namaha

Om Padminyai namaha
Om Padmagandhinyai namaha
Om Punyagandhayai namaha
Om Suprasannayai namaha
Om Prasadabhimukhai namaha

Om Prabhayai namaha
Om Chandravadanayai namaha
Om Chandrayai namaha
Om Chandrasahodarai namaha
Om Chaturbhujayai namaha

Om Chandrarupayai namaha
Om Indirayai namaha
Om Indusheetalayai namaha
Om Aahladajananyai namaha
Om Pushtai namaha

Om Shivayai namaha
OM Shivakarai namaha
Om Satyai namaha
Om Vimalayai namaha
Om Vishwajananyai namaha

Om Tushtai namaha
Om Daridrya Nashinyai namaha
Om Peetapushkarinyai namaha
Om Shantayai namaha
Om Shuklamalyabarayai namaha
Om Shriyai namaha

Om Bhaskarai namaha
Om Bilvanilayayai namaha
Om Vararohayai namaha
Om Yashasvinyai namaha
Om Vasundarayai namaha

Om Udarangayai namaha
Om Harinai namaha
Om Hemamalinai namaha
Om Dhanadhanyakaryai namaha
Om Sidhayai namaha

Om Strainasoumyayai namaha
Om Shubhapradayai namaha
Om Nrupaveshmagatanandayai namaha
Om Varalakshmai namaha
Om Vasupradayai namaha

Om Shubhayai namaha
Om Hiranyaprakarayai namaha
Om Samudratanayayai namaha
Om Jayayai namaha
Om Mangaladevai namaha

Om Vishnuvakshastalastitayai namaha
Om Vishnupatai namaha
Om Prasannakshai namaha
Om Narayanasamshritayai namaha
Om Daaridradwamshinai namaha
Om Devyai namaha

Om Sarvopdravnivaranai namaha
Om Navadurgayai namaha
Om Mahakaalyai  namaha
Om Brahma Vishnu Shivatmakayai namaha
Om trikalagnanasampannayai namaha
Om Bhuvaneshwarai namaha

(sri mahalakshmi ashtothara shatanamavali pujam samrapayami)
Do namaskar chanting the above words.

NAMASKAR: (hold flower and akshata in your hands and pray)

Yaraktambhujavasini vilasini chandamshu tejaswini |
Aarakta rudhirambara hasaki ya sri manohladini |
Ya raktnakara manthanath pragatita vishnoshcha yagehini |
Samam patu manorama bhagawathi laksmishcha padmashubha |

(Do sashtanga namaskar after chanting the above mantra)

Mahalaksmecha Vidmahe Vishnupathaicha Dheemahi |
Tanno Lakshmi Prachodayath ||

Praying so

Anaya pujaya bhagawati vaibhava laksmi |
Priyatam preta varada bhavatu ||

||Sri Lakshmi Narayana prasada siddhirastu ||

(Offer akshata and water in argya patra or container to goddess Lakshmi )

PUNAHA PUJA:

Devi dehi param gnanam devi dehi param sukham |
Dhanam dehi yasho dehi kamam mokshancha dehi me ||

(Chant the above mantra, offer akshata and do 5 times pradakshina namsakar and end the puja with mahamangalarati and arati)

|| Madhye madhye – swara – varna mantra – tantra – roopa – dosha
Prayaschitartam namtraya japamaham karishye ||

Achythaya namaha | Anantaya namaha | Govindaya namaha |                  (chant 3 times)

||Sri Prasanna Vaivhava Lakshmi Mahime||

Jaganmate yada sri deviya ananta kalyana rupagalalli vaibhava lakshmi rupavu ondu. Thanna eda bala galalli sampatdyotakavada gajagalinda devi sevithalagiddale. Aakeya aralida tavareya mele sukhasinlagidhale. Chaturbhujagalinda shobhisuva maatheya Melina eradu hastagalalli aralida tavare hugalannu bhakti shradhe gala sanketavagi darisidhale. Kelabhagad eradu hastagalinda bhaktarige balahastadinda apara dhana sampatannu eda hastadinda abhayavannu needi anugrahisutiddaale.

Vaibhava lakshmiya mahime aparavadaddu. Anadi kaladindalu aake yannu bhakti yinda pujisida halavaru bhaktaru sakala soubhaghya sampattugalannu padedu iha para sukhagalannu galisi dhanyaraagiddaare.

Ashta lakshmi  endu entu rupa galinda bhaktarannu ashtaishwarya galinda
Harasuva karunamayi yada yee jaganmate yannu tappade aaradhisabeku.
Lakshmiya krupe illade narayana na krupeyu illa. Makkalu modalu thayi yannu more hoegu vante navu aake yannu “o jaganmate anathanu sakala daaridrya galindalu balaluthiruva nannannu sarvatha salahu. Ninna krupe yindale jeevanadalli entu bagheya ai siriyannu padeyalu sadhyavagide. Ninna paramanugrahavidhare tirukanu srimanta naga balla” endu bhakti yinda prarthisona.

Sri, Padma, kamala, mukunda mahishi, trilokeshwari, maa, ksheerabhsuta,
Virncha janani, vidya, sarojasana, sarvabheeshta phalaprada emba hanneradu 12 punyakara namagalannu prataha kaladalli yaaru patisuvaro avaru ellaa bhageya abheeshta galannu padeyutare.

Adi lakshmi, Santana lakshmi, gaja lakshmi, Dhana lakshmi, Dhaanya lakshmi, Vijaya lakshmi, Dhairya lakshmi, Maha lakshmi, emba entu rupagalinda nambida bhaktarannu salahuthiruva mahathaye! Ninage ananta-ananta namaskaragalu endu bedona. Sarva sughanda roopini lakshmi yannu (haalu, mosaru, tulasi, parimala, dravya galinda) dhana dhaanya Galalli sada nelasiruva mahalkshmi yannu bhakti inda krutagnate inda namsakarisabeku. Ahara dalli lakshmi yu sada nelasirutale. Adannu endendigu navu tiraskara dinda kanabaradu. Kopa, asamadhana, dukha dinda, aharavannu sweekarisidare lakshmiyu namage oliyalaralu. Heegiruvaga maathe Vaibhava Laksmi  yu thanna krupa katakshavannu namma mele beeruvudu nishchaya vagide.

Narada, parashara, Bhrugu, Agastai, muntada maha mahimaru aake yannu pujisi dhanya radaru sri deviyu tannannu nambida bhaktarannu endendigu kai biduvudilla. Heegiruvaga Vaibhava lakshmi yannu tappade prati shukravara saralavagi yaadaroo pujisi dhanyaraagona.

Here are some evidences where plenty suhagans have fulfilled their wishes by doing this puja.

A husband from Bangalore tried visa to the U S and his visa got rejected 4 times then his wife did vaibhav lakshmi vrat and within eight weeks of puja her husband got visa and flew t to the US and today he is the head of that branch in Uttara Khand.

With Vaibhav Lakshmi’s grace just within two weeks of puja her husband  got RS. 2000/- unknowingly and her son got a job.

A man who was ailing with a disease and had lost hopes of living – his wife did this vrat and he was cured with simple treatment.
There are plenty to share,

rangoli for vaibav lakshmi vrata

Heege sakala manorathagallannu puraisuva sirideviaya vaibhava lakshmiyagi nambi pujisuva bhaktarige kamadhenu kalpavruksha dante bedida phala galannu needuthiddale.
Padmapuranoktiyante yava maneyalli athithi galige yata shakti satkara nadeyuvudo, piturkarya, devatha puje sada sathya vanne heluvudu, nudidante nadeyuvudu, go rakshane, dhaanya sangraha, kalaha villada stala, patiyodane hondikondu vaimanasya villade sada hasanmukhi yada gruhini iruthaleyo alli lakshmi badravagi nelesutale. Yee mathu swayam lakshmideviya pathiyada sri mann Narayana ne heliddagide.

Inthaha mahimanvithalu parama karunaa moorthiyu aada sri hariya priye yada vaibhava lakshmi puje yinda bhaktarellaru kruthartha ragi.
Sukha saubhagya, mangalya, sampathugalannu, padedu, dhanyaraguthare emballige, vaibhava lakshmiya mahimeyu sampoorna vayithu.

ARATI SONG:

Arati brlsgire vaibhava lakshmige | mangala mahathayi sri devige |
Chinnada harivanadalli okuli ittu arati belagire sri lakshmige ||
Mandiradolu dhana dhaanya daisiri irali|

Mane mandigella sukha soubhaghya barali |
Sri mandhara dhara krishnana ramaniyu bandilli arati sweekarisali ||
Jaya jaya venniri jaya lakshmige jaya jaya venniri vaibhava lakshmige |
Bhaya vella doora vagi jaya sigalemegendu |
Arati belagire sri Vaibhava lakumige||

Join your hands and pray-

Devi dehi param gnanam devi dehi param sukham |
Devi dehi yasho dehi mangalyam dehi me shubhe ||

||Vaibhava lakshmi devyai naivedyam samarpayami ||
Offer naivedya to goddess lakshmi.

Padmasane padmakare sarva lokaika pujita |
Narayana priye devi supreethabava sarvadaa||

Wear flower from vaibhava lakshmi kalash as Prasad and give other suhagans also.

BADHRAM – SUBHAM – MANGALAM

This puja has to be performed till one’s wish is fulfilled.

For naivedya (prasadam) you can offer
1. Kheer (made out of Vermicelli as goddess lakshmi like this a lot.)
2. Sweet pongal (made of rice, green dal, sugar/jaggery, ghee, milk)
3. sajjige (sooji ka halwa)
4. Fried gram, sugar, dry coconut grated and ground together.
5. bananas, chopped, mixed with coconut and sugar.
6. Any other sweet dish which you know- can be made.

Once your wish is fulfilled then
Please invite atleast 8 suhagans and give them sindoor/haldi/bangles/beetle leaves/ beetle nut/ coconut/ banana or any fruit. And if possible coins, and vaibhav lakshmi vrat book to each one of them.
While you give them these please chant this mantra-

Devi dehi param gnanam devi dehi param sukham|
Dhanam dehi yasho dehi kamam mokshancha dehi meh||

|| SRI VAIBHAVA LAKSHMI PRASADA SIDDHIRASTU||

Om Sainathaya Namaha

Hope you love this Pooja friends. I myself have not done this Pooja and love to spread this Pooja details to all Devotees who love Goddess Mahalakshmi.

May Sai Mahalakshmi bless Sunitha didi and her family for contributing this Pooja .

Om sainathaya namaha

C.Venkatraman

29:11:2009

I have one request i forgot to add- who ever does this puja has to put a red rose(preferably) or any red flower and the gold ornament or idol of goddess lakshmi- in the bowl of water and place the rangoli under the kalash if they are using photocopy of rangoli or do the rangoli and then place kalash on it.

There are many Sai devotees who have not mailed me personally but had started doing the sweet Pooja sai inspired me to create. I kindly request you to follow the instructions in the below Link

StarSai Shradha Saburi Pooja

StarSai Shradha Saburi Pooja

Some Saibaba devotees have done pooja in very organized manner combining with the usual prayer they do. Trust me, there are no rules in sai devotion. You can do the Pooja as you feel comfortable. Just make sure your mind , body and soul is unified in Sai bhakti.

Keep chanting Sai Sai Sai

C.Venkatraman

( StarSai Shradha Saburi pooja is copy right protected and i wish it remains a simple pooja  to inspire everyone. I dont want anyone to make books and sell it. You can farward the url

http://www.starsai.com/starsai-shradha-saburi-pooja/

to your close friends who are sai devotees . Let them do it if they like.

Om sainathaya namaha

This is the little StarSai temple my father built for me to worship Saibaba as i wish in the entrance of our house. As its diwali 17 :10:2009, i desired to light many lamps to our shirdi saibaba and make Sai Happy.

I shall post more photos of StarSai temple later…heres a Gift from me to all Sai children who loves Saibaba and also lighting Lamps .

( Note – All Photos and contents copyright protected. you can post link to this page but not directly the photos in other websites. – venkatraman photography )

Come Celebrate Diwali with Shirdi Saibaba in StarSai temple

Shirdi Saibaba blessings by lighting lamps in starsai temple

All the day i was in saibaba temple in our hometown and again i wanted to go back in evening. I felt that saibaba will be happy only if i light lamps in this little saibaba mandhir my father gifted me outside the varanda in our house. You can see in above photo behind the kalasam on top is money plant !

Adjacent to this temple is a Tulsi pot . Every morning i wash the temple with 2 buckets of water and then make saibaba sit inside, apply vibuti, kumkum and light one gajalakshmi lamp.

3 month back i got a dream in which Shirdi Saibaba asked me to light 12 lamps regularly. I felt atleast during the festival of lights – diwali i must light many lamps and worship saibaba. So fastly i arranged everything, lit lamps and took photos and then started as usual to saibaba temple in our place.

Look how beautifully shirdi saibaba’s face is glowing in the golden light of lamps offered to Sainath with love and devotion

Two Shirdi Saibaba statues in our small mandhir accepting light n love

Remembering the Chawdi procession of Saibaba :

We have read in sai satcharitra that every alternative day devotees will take Saibaba from his Masjid Dwarakamai to Chawdi and this will be held as a procession. Its said that Devotees used to play musical instruments ,offer flowers light lanterns etc and it will be a magic to see Saibaba slowly walking from dwarakamai to chawdi.

The below photo where we can see Saibaba’s face is in almost red color makes me remember the words in sai satcharitra that Devotees used to through Red color gulal powder over saibaba and during this time saibaba’s face glows with radience . Probably saibaba more beautiful than how he looks in the below photography.

Shirdi Saibaba blessing with his radiant beautiful face

Sairam friends,

It took hours for me to take the photos of Saibaba , Infact i wish to do chanting of shirdi saibaba after lighting lamps . Many times my sai friends asked me to take photo of our small StarSai mandhir so today i felt if i take photos many sai children can see the beauty of Saibaba and there by they will respond with more devotion.

So rather than chanting for a hour if i take photos then thousands of sai devotees will be inspired to light lamps and also chant any small mantra of Sai or simply chant Sai Sai Sai with love

My love for lighting lamps :

In the Shirdi Saibaba temple in our hometown only few devotees comes untill 2007 and they had a little tray to light lamps. From 2008 the crowd increased and now so many thousands come to the temple. Many of them lights lamps and candles. Every thursday saibaba has blessed me to stand near the big tray devotees light lamps for hours.

I love to light the lamps which is put of by wind and i will take off the lamp which is over so that other devotees has space to light lamps. I really enjoy doing this little work for saibaba and feel blessed when ever i get this opportunity.  Lighting lamps is so sacred friends. Please keep it as a habit.

Shirdi Saibaba temple of lamps

Happy Diwali

Please light lamps every day in your house. Atleast 2 diya ( lamps ). Its very auspicious to light lamps regularly… It has a great power to make your family live in peace , good health and prosperity.

Let everyday be festival of Lights for Saibaba who lives in your house !

Om sainathaya namaha

C.VenkatRaman

Always in the holy feets of shirdi saibaba

I wish to write about Lemon lamps pooja once again in starsai blog.

I used to offer lemon garland to Goddess in temples in my hometown and also used to offer them to shirdi saibaba statue in temple. My love for lighting lamps started by lighting lemon lamps to Goddess Durga.

Once i got more than 50 lemons and decided to do a Lemon lamps pooja for Saibaba in our house. I kept the little shirdi saibaba statue in the middle after abishekam in a a huge aluminum plate. Then lit many lemon lamps around the marble statue.

I mention is marble statue of shirdi saibaba because make sure your saibaba statue can with stand the heat and also take proper safty methods when ever you light lamps in house and temple.

Shirdi Saibaba Lemon lamps pooja

The complete details of lemon lamps pooja can be read at

StarSai lemon lamps pooja

sai ki jai

venkatraman