Diwali, the Festival of Lights is a time for celebrating important spiritual energy and significance around the world including here in the USA. If you are unclear about the tradition, you can ask yourself: whom in the world do we honor on the biggest night of the year, out of all of the other various deities?
The response lies in Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi.
Calling on both Lakshmi and Ganesha during Diwali simultaneously forms a blueprint for success. This pairing reinforces the fundamental idea that real prosperity always requires logic and clear thought behind it. If you plan to bring home a new Lakshmi statue for your home or a Ganesh sculpture this season, truly understanding the sacred partnership behind the worship will deepen your whole appreciation for the Festival.
Goddess Lakshmi: The Source of Fortune and Abundance
At its essence, Diwali is also the celebration of welcoming Goddess Lakshmi into the homes of her devotees. As the divine spouse of Lord Vishnu, she is the very personification of wealth, prosperity, purity, and good luck.
The Importance of Her Arrival
The true meaning of Diwali – or Deepavali (row of lamps) – is the light that is meant to call in Lakshmi. In myth, Lakshmi emerged on this day to all the treasures and riches of the universe from the Samudra Manthan (the churning of the cosmic ocean).
For devotees, the meaning of worshipping her is simple:
- Wealth: She provides devotees with physical wealth, stability, and enough money to live comfortably. There is physicality of her abundance when she says graciously using a beautiful statue of marble Lakshmi or a polished brass Lakshmi idol on your altar.
- Wealth of Spirit: The wealth that Lakshmi provides is not just money, but she gives spiritual wealth, good health, and success in all your endeavors. These are the true wealth of a full life.
All the rituals of Diwali – cleaning your home, lighting lamps and candles, opening doors – are all performed to make sure the Goddess Lakshmi has a comfortable and pure place to come into your home to issue her blessings for the entire next year.
Lord Ganesha: The Key to True Success
If Lakshmi is the destination (wealth), then Ganesha is the road map. You will seldom see a diwali altar to Laksmi without Ganesha. Why?
Ganesha is Vighhna harta, the remover of obstacles. He is the deity of wisdom, intellect, and good beginnings.
The Case for Wisdom Comes First Before Wealth
This is the profound lesson of their joint worship: Wealth without wisdom is fleeting.
Imagine receiving a massive fortune without the clarity of thought, good judgment, or ethical grounding to manage it. That fortune would likely be misused or quickly lost.
By reverently honoring Lord Ganesha, we ritually request the following blessings:
- Clarity and Judgment: Ganesha will help us to use any wealth or success given to us by Lakshmi wisely, ethically, and sustainably. For a businessman or anyone responsible for large amounts of resources, this is the ultimate guide.
- Removal of Obstacles: Ganesha will provide a clearing of the way for successful activities. We seek blessings from Ganesha whenever we have to do something important, begin a new endeavor, or usher in a new year. When we ask for Ganesha’s blessings, what we are asking for is to help us have an uneventful, obstacle free experience.
In this respect, it explains why the rituals for many begin by invoking the Ganesh sculpture for altar time before moving on to the Lakshmi statue. We pray for his blessing for the intelligence to acquire wealth in an appropriate way and the wisdom to use it for a positive outcome.
The Sacred Partnership: Beyond the Altar
The combined energy of Lakshmi and Ganesh is the perfect symbol of a balanced life. It all embodies Shubh (auspiciousness, by Ganesh) and Labh (profit/gain, by Lakshmi).
This teaching applies directly to our modern lives in the USA:
1. For Your Home and Garden
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- A serene Ganesh sculpture for meditation on your desk or study may be a daily reminder to arrive at work with clear, intent concentration.
- A stunning brass Ganesha idol or marble Ganesha statue at the entrance of your home or garden is the Vighnaharta, warding off negativity before it enters.
- A peaceful Lakshmi statue for patio space reminds you constantly that there is abundance everywhere and evokes gratitude for nature’s abundance.
2. For Business and Commerce
Diwali is especially important for the business community. It marks the closing of old account books and the opening of new ones. This transition requires the blessings of both:
- Ganesha’s Wisdom is needed to ensure the new books are started ethically and the business is conducted with sound strategy.
- Lakshmi’s Fortune is sought to ensure the efforts of the new year yield great returns.
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Other Divine Connections to Diwali
Though the core puja is with Lakshmi and Ganesha, Diwali is a five-day feast of cosmic forces. This focus shows the richness of the tradition:
- Lord Vishnu: the consort of Lakshmi, his (often symbolized or in the form of his avatar Lord Krishna) dominates the formative and sustaining of all the cosmic order and righteousness.
- Lord Rama: The most universal basis in which to mark the festival of Diwali is based on Lord Rama returning to Ayodhya after his legendary battle with the demon Raja Ravana—truly the most famous story to highlight the message of the festival: the victory of good over evil.
- Kubera (God of Wealth): Occasionally (and for some individuals, daily) worshipped in conjunction with Lakshmi, he is the god of the god’s treasury. Kubera worship relies on wealth generation and wealth distribution.
When you light your lamps this evening, Diwali, keep in mind that you are doing more than celebrating a favorable time—you are engaging in a tradition created to balance good fortune and wisdom. Whether your selection is a giant Krishna statue for your yard or a precision replica Lakshmi idol for your den, you are synchronizing your life with divine power as an energetic means of balance.
Bring home wisdom and prosperity this time.











