Happy Diwali to you too Divine Consiousness ,and all the rest of this forum.
I have started to prepare for some house cleening here tonight. As I learned the Godess Lakshmi don't make a visit otherwise. Traditional way of worshipping the Shakti in the form of abundance...Shree Mahalakshmi..is to clean out and beautify.
I'm not indian and not knowing all the tricks...
But have over the years come to enjoy the festivals and rituals to the various deity's of the Hindu pantheon.
On the balcony I found some pink flowers to put in front of a lakshmi murti.
and then collected some gold coins too....
Here's a pic from the windowsill
