Dhumavati Mata is a form related to Goddess Sati and she is also the goddess of misfortune. She is worshipped for early cure from a serious disease. She has the capacity to keep out unhappiness and sadness from life. Below is Dhumavati Puja vidhi or procedure along with mantra. This is a simple guide on how to perform Dhumavati Mata Puja and is ideal for performing it at home.
Dhumavati Mantra
ॐ धूं धूं धूमावती देव्यै स्वाहा:
Om Dhum Dhum Dhumavati Daivaye Swaha
When to Perform Goddess Dhumavati Puja?
The ideal day to perform the puja:
Friday
Saptami Tithi – the seventh day of the waning or waxing phase of moon. Seventh day after full moon (purnima) or no moon day (Amavasya) in any month other than Ashwin and Chaitra when there is Navratri.
Another option is when there is Mool or Moolam Nakshatra in a lunar month.
The puja becomes doubly auspicious when there is a combination of Mool and Saptami Tithi.
Benefits of Performing Dhumavati Puja
- Widely performed to get relief from a serious disease.
- She has the power to remove all kinds of unhappiness.
- To destroy enemies.
- To take revenge.
- Her Sadaks are protected from all kinds of negative forces.
- Those suffering from Ketu Navgraha related problems in horoscope will find relief after worshipped her.
- Jyeshta nakshatra born people will get her protection by merely remembering her.
- Worship of her helps in solving problems associated with financial institutions.
Simple Goddess Dhumavati Puja To Perform at Home
- The puja should be performed early morning after sunrise or during the pradosh period (1.5 hours before sunset).
- The murti (picture, photo or painting) of Goddess Dhumavati should be placed on the west side of the house on an ash, smoky or slate color cloth.
- The puja should be performed facing west.
- The person performing puja should wear ash, smoky or slate color clothes.
- Take a kalash fill it with water and put some ash and multicolor flowers in it. Close the kalash with a coconut. Keep this near the picture or sculpture or painting of Goddess Dhumavati.
- A steel lamp should be lit using mustard oil. One wick is preferred.
- Dhoop or Agarbatti should be of loban (benzoin).
- Multi color flowers should be offered.
- Offer ash or piece of coal.
- Tilak should be of ash or coal.
- Offer lemon and clove.
- Prepare food with urad dal or black gram. It should be later shared with family members and a married woman.
- The mantra ॐ धूं धूं धूमावती देव्यै स्वाहा: should be chanted 108 times. The count can be kept on any mala.
- The water and other items in the kalash should be deposited under a neem tree.
Special Offering and Pujas to Goddess Dhumavati
During the puja offer 12 bananas to Dhumavati and later donate it to a cow. This will help in overcoming all kinds of misfortune and bad luck in life.
Take a lemon and insert three cloves into it. Circle it on the locker or in the place you keep money regularly. Offer it to Goddess Dhumavati during puja. Later throw it in a forest. This will help in overcoming debt related problems.
Offer 3 pomegranate to Goddess Dhumavati to overcome evil eye and black magic. Later throw it in a forest far away from the house.