• Friday 29th Sep 2017

Ayudha Puja

Ayudha Pooja is a part of Navarathri festival in India. The celebration honors all three supreme goddesses of Hindu mythology- Goddess Saraswati (goddess of wisdom), goddess Lakshmi (goddess of wealth) and goddess Parvathi (goddess of power). Ayudha Pooja is celebrated on the Navami (ninth day) of the ‘Valar pirai’ (Moon’s brightening 15 days of the cycle) which usually falls in the month of September or October.Ayudha Pooja is a day of ‘Worship of tools’. Right from the weapons used by soldiers to tools used by artists, mechanics, plumbers, welders, children’s implements like pen and pencil, tool worship is performed on this day.