Varalakshmi Vrat · Varalakshmi Vratam

Culture of origin: Hindu · Cultural

Holiday sources: Hinduism

Varalakshmi Vratam honours Varalakshmi, the form of Lakshmi who grants boons. Married women in the states of South India set up a decorated pot (kalasha) as the goddess, welcome it into the house, worship it with fruit, sweets and flowers, and tie a turmeric-dipped yellow thread around their right wrists, praying for their own well-being and their husbands' health and long life.