Tihar 2025 Laxmi Puja In Nepal will be celebrated on October 20, 2025 (Monday), which is the third day of the festival. This day is also known as Gai Tihar and involves worshipping cows for prosperity, decorating doorways with marigolds and oil lamps (diyo), and welcoming the goddess of wealth, Laxmi. In the evening, the tradition of Bhailo begins, where women sing and dance in neighbourhoods to collect money.
Key details for Laxmi Puja 2025
- Date: Monday, October 20, 2025 (Kartik 3, 2082 BS)
- Morning (Gai Tihar): The day begins with worshipping cows to show gratitude for their contribution to life, wealth, and prosperity. Houses are cleaned, and cows are decorated with garlands.
- Evening:
- Lighting lamps: Homes are illuminated with oil lamps (diyo) or candles along windows and doorways to welcome Goddess Laxmi.
- Decorations: Garlands made of marigolds (Saya Patri) are hung on doorways and windows.
- Footprints: A path of Lakshmi’s footprints is drawn leading into the house.
- Night: The tradition of Bhailo starts, where groups of women sing and dance in the neighbourhood, often playing musical instruments, and receive money or treats from households.
During the day, they perform pujas at home and bring Lakshmi Puja indoors. In front of the house, they draw rangoli and use seven colours and different types and styles of rangoli and then light a lamp and perform puja. Lakshmi Puja during Tihar is a very special celebration.
This is because it is a very special celebration, and many people celebrate Tihar and have been doing it for a long time. Lakshmi Puja is considered very special and because it falls on Tihar, in 2025, the Lakshmi Puja of Tihar will be celebrated in this way.