Diya is all dressed up for Varalakshmi Vrtham visiting 2 or 3 friends houses. Dressed in paavada sattai, she finds sometimes uncomfortable. Otherwise, she is pretty and cute!
Varalakshmi Vratham 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, Karnataka,andTamilnadu. The Hindu festival going by the name 'Vara Lakshmi Vrata' is celebrated on the Second Friday in the month of Śravaṇā, also called Śawan(in Hindi), which corresponds to the English months of July–August. In 2012 Varalakshmi Vratham Date is 27th July 2012.
Varalakshmi Vratham is peformed by married woman for the well being of all the family members, especially husband, to get progency etc. It is believed that worshipping Goddess Varalakshmi on this day is equivalent to worshipping Ashtalaksmi – the eight goddesses of Wealth, Earth, Learning, Love, Fame, Peace, Pleasure, and Strength. Continue reading in Wikipedia..
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