What Is Mahalakshmi Vrata?
Mahalakshmi Vrata is a festival that is more commonly in the Southern Indian states – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It is also celebrated in some parts of Maharshtra.
It usually falls some time between middle November and early December, and is on the Thursday before the full moon.
As Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and prosperity, the festival is celebrated and prayers are said to Lakshmi to bring wealth into the home.