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News India Live, Digital Desk: The festival of Diwali is not just for one day, its glory starts from Dhanteras itself. Chhoti Diwali, also known as Narak Chaturdashi, is a very special day of this festival. We all know the tradition of lighting the lamp of Yam on this day, but some small measures taken on this day remove poverty from the house and make way for the arrival of Goddess Lakshmi. If you want happiness, peace and prosperity to reside in your house, then definitely try these easy measures on the evening of this Chhoti Diwali. This year Chhoti Diwali is on 19 October 2025, Sunday. 1. Make Swastika on the threshold of the house: Before you prepare to light the lamps in the evening, clean the threshold of the main door of the house and make a Swastika symbol on it with Roli or turmeric. Swastika is considered very auspicious. After this, offer Akshat (whole rice) and flowers on it. This symbol is believed to attract positive energy and good luck into the home.2. Women of the house should do this special work: On the evening of Chhoti Diwali, the eldest woman of the house or any woman should pour sesame oil in a lamp and rotate it in the whole house. Show its light in every corner and then keep that lamp quietly somewhere outside the house. This is a kind of trick, by which every kind of negative energy and poverty present in the house goes out of the house with that lamp.3. Offer sweet offerings to Hanuman ji. This day is also celebrated as the birth anniversary of Hanuman ji. It is very auspicious to offer Bundi laddus or vermillion to Hanuman ji during evening puja. Worship him and recite Hanuman Chalisa and pray to him to remove all the troubles from the house. By the grace of Hanuman ji all fears and obstacles are removed.4. Sure shot remedy for cowries: Bring 5 yellow cowries from the market on this day. Keep them in front of Goddess Lakshmi during evening puja. After the puja, tie these cowries in a red cloth and keep them in your safe or the place where you keep money. Cowries are considered a symbol of Goddess Lakshmi and this remedy attracts wealth.5. Donation of old clothes: Naraka Chaturdashi is the day to throw out dirt and useless things from the house. On this day, donate your old clothes, which you no longer use, to a needy person. It is believed that by doing this you donate poverty and misfortune from your life, which brings prosperity in the house.
