Durga puja Dashami is very important ritual as after staying with us, Goddess Durga and her children depart of Kailash. It is believed that her stay on earth during the period helps in overcoming troubles and she also instills hope for a better future. Here are few things that you can do on Durga Puja Dashami for a healthy, wealthy and peaceful life.
- During the Dashami Puja, offer Aparajita flowers to the Goddess.
- After the puja ends, take a lotus flower from the Goddess’s vessel (ghat). Wrap it in a yellow cloth and place it in the southeast corner of your home.
- On Dashami, try to visit a Ram temple and light a ghee lamp there.
- When you go to bid farewell to the Goddess, offer some of the sindoor (vermilion) you bring at her feet. Touch the rest of the sindoor to the Goddess’s feet and bring it home. Use this sindoor throughout the year for good fortune.
- It is considered auspicious to feed a dog gram-flour (besan) laddoos on this day.
- After the immersion of the idol on Dashami night, prepare a mixture by grinding together a bit of sandalwood paste, Sindhoor, camphor, a betel leaf, and a little cow dung. Place this mixture in a bowl and light a lamp before it overnight. The next morning, after bathing and putting on clean clothes, apply a small mark (tilak) on your forehead with this mixture.