Kojagiri Pournima

Kojagiri Pournima is celebrated on the full moon in the Hindu month of Ashwin, which this year is October 25. Participants in certain states in India worship the goddess Lakshmi whom they believe visits the earth on this day and blesses her followers with health, wealth, and prosperity. Observances include night prayer vigils, harvest rituals, special drinks, fasting, or ritual baths.