Lakshmi Puja at Home Step by Step: First-Time Printable Guide

This is a 10-page printable guide for doing Lakshmi Puja at home on Diwali night for the first time, written for someone whose parents always did it, and for the partner or child who wants to understand each step and not just stand there.

Inside: a shopping list to take to an Indian grocery or puja shop the week before, with what each item is used for; one page with the ten steps in order, to keep on the floor beside the thali; two pages that say in plain English what each step means, to read aloud as you go; a page with the two short Sanskrit lines used here (the Ganesha and Lakshmi mantras) in Devanagari, a transliteration and the meaning; a blank page for your own family's variations; a muhurat card with blanks for your city's start and end times; and a sources page.

Puja practice varies by region and family, so the guide presents one common order and says so clearly, and leaves room for your parents' way. It gives no muhurat times because they depend on your city: look yours up on a panchang. In 2026 Lakshmi Puja falls on Sunday, 8 November. It explains customs and does not give religious rulings or promise outcomes.

Print on US Letter or A4 (the margins fit both). Use the shopping list before the night, and the step pages during it.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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