Kojagari Lakshmi Puja is an important puja and worship of Goddess Lakshmi on the full moon day in the month of Ashwin in Bengal and eastern parts of India . The day is observed as Kojagiri Purnima in other regions. A popular Kojagari Lakshmi Puja Katha is listened to on the day. The story explains the importance and greatness of Kojagari Laxmi Vrat. Legend has it that once there lived a generous and honest king who for the welfare of artisans in his kingdom made it a point that all unsold goods during the weekly market day would be bought by the king. Once the king bought an iron statue of Alakshmi, Goddess of poverty, which was unsold during the weekly market. The king placed the statue in the puja room in the palace. That night the king heard a woman crying. The sound of crying was coming from the puja room. King found that a beautiful woman was sitting and crying inside the puja room. On enquiry the king came to know that the woman was Goddess Lakshmi and s