Sharad Purnima 2016 Date India Gujarat-Sharad Poonam Festival Celebration Lakshmi Pooja Vidhi Details        

Sharad Purnima is a day of Lakshmi Pooja. Goddess Lakshmi worshipped on Sharad Purnima. Sharad Poonam is Full moon day of month Ashwin. It is also known as a Laxmi Puja.

The Sharad Purnima or Kojaagari Purnima or Kumar Purnima is a harvest festival celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin. It marks the end of monsoon. There is a traditional celebration of the moon and is also called the 'Kaumudi celebration', Kaumudi meaning moonlight.

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Sharad Purnima 2016 Date and Details:

Date: 15 October, 2016

Begins: Full moon day of month Ashvin

Type: Hindu, Indian

Related to: Goddess Lakshami

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At night, goddess Lakshmi is worshiped. Sharad Purnima is comes after four days of Dussehra Festival. It is also believed that on this day as moon and the earth are very close to each other.

In the western state of Gujarat, the night is known as Sharad Poonam. In Gujarat people celebrate it by doing Garba and Dandiya Raas. Bengalis people call it Lokkhi Pujo and arrange several bhog and upachar for mother goddess Lakshmi. In the Mithila region, the puja is known by the name of Kojagaraha. It is also known as a Raas Purnima, Kaumudi Vrat.