Friday
Sacred texts recommended for each day of the week, matched to the presiding deity and planetary ruler.
The Lakshmi Aarti — beginning with 'Oṃ jaya Lakṣmī mātā' — is the quintessential devotional aarti for the goddess of wealth, prosperity, and…
The Śrī Mahālakṣmyaṣṭakam is a devotional hymn of eight primary verses (aṣṭaka) in praise of Goddess Mahālakṣmī, the deity of wealth, auspic…
The Durgā Cālīsā is a forty-verse devotional poem addressed to Goddess Durgā — the great Śakti, the universal Mother, and the supreme destro…
The Kanakadhara Stotram (कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्, Kanakadharā Stotram — 'The Hymn of the Stream of Gold') is a celebrated 21-verse stotra attribut…
The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram (महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्रम्, Mahiṣāsura-mardinī Stotram — 'The Hymn of the Slayer of Mahishasura'), also know…
The Shri Sukta is one of the oldest surviving hymns to Lakshmi, embedded in the Khilani — the appendix supplement to the Rigveda. Its fiftee…