In odisha people worship Mata Laxmi on Gurubar ମାଣବସା ଗୁରୁବାର (Thursday) during the lunar month of Margasira. It is believed that Mata Laxmi visits every house during Manabasa Gurubar and therefore, the female members perform this puja with devotion.
This occasion is correlated with cultivation and harvesting, which are the main profession of the people of countryside. By this month, farmers, who had toiled hard in the fields for the past few months, fill their reeks and barns with freshly harvested paddy. They consider it as the grace and blessing of Mata Laxmi and worship (Mana) filled with freshly harvested paddy as her icon. (Mana) is a pot made of bamboo canes used in the olden days for measuring paddy.
Begins Tithi | Margashirsha Thursday |
Reason | Cultivation and Harvesting Month |
Celebrations | Fast, Bhajan-Kirtan, Path, Rangoli, New Dresses |
Manabasa Gurubar 2022 Schedule
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Festival | Date |
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Pratham | 30 November 2023 |
Dwitiya Pali | 7 December 2023 |
Trutiya Pali | 14 December 2023 |
Sesha Pali | 21 December 2023 |