On the 6th of October, 2006, the festival of Kumar Purnima. Orissa and throughout India this celebration. The Gajalaxmi Puja for a week, from 6th to 12th of October.
Kumar also known as Kartikeya or Ashwina is looked upon as the most handsome son of Shiva born on Kumar Purnima. Young girls pay home age to the Sun and Moon for a handsome husband. The young girls wear new clothes after a bath. Since this day also marks the birth of Goddess Gajalaxmi, people pray to the goddess of wealth.
Idols of Laxmi and Kartikeya, flowers, sweets, clothes and jewelry are some of the gifts. The corporate sector can make gifts on this day for promotional purposes.
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