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The festival of Deepawali is celebrated with great pomp across the country. On the day of Deepawali, Mahalakshmi is worshipped in every house in Kumaon. On Diwali, people buy idols of Ganesha and Lakshmi from the market. Most people give more importance to idols made of clay. But in Kumaon of Uttarakhand, people make Lakshmi from sugarcane in their homes.
Lakshmi is made from sugarcane on Diwali in Kumaon
On Diwali, Mata Lakshmi is made from sugarcane in Kumaon. This idol made from sugarcane has special significance. For this, people start preparations a day in advance. Clothes of Mata Rani are prepared several days in advance.
This is how Lakshmi from sugarcane is made
On the morning of Deepawali, people bring sugarcane and start making it. People bring sugarcane after cutting it from their fields, those who do not have it, buy it from the markets. Then this sugarcane is divided into three parts. After this, it is made with the help of this piece of sugarcane and banana leaf.
The idol is made using masks brought from the market or handmade masks or lemons. The idol of Maa Lakshmi is also fully decorated. The idol of Maa is decorated with beautiful clothes, skirts, jewelry and garlands. After the decoration, Maa Lakshmi looks very beautiful in Kumaoni form. Mata Rani is worshipped at night.
This is the belief behind making Lakshmi of sugarcane
The belief behind making Lakshmi of sugarcane is that sugarcane is considered very auspicious and fruitful in Manas Khand and Puranas. Along with this, Maa Lakshmi also likes sugarcane very much. Therefore, the idol of Lakshmi is made from sugarcane in the entire Kumaon.
Sugarcane is considered very auspicious
Along with this, there is a tradition of worshipping the sugarcane plant in Kumaon in marriages, Janeu as well as other functions. It is believed that the house in which Maa Lakshmi is very beautiful is full of wealth, grains and happiness. In those houses where sugarcane idols are not made for some reason, sugarcane is worshipped.
People go from house to house to see Lakshmi
After worshipping sugarcane Lakshmi on Diwali, people go to other people’s houses to see Goddess Lakshmi till Govardhan Puja and Bhaiya Dooj the next day. After three days, Goddess Lakshmi is given an emotional farewell. The idol of Goddess Lakshmi made from sugarcane is immersed in rivers.
