Kojagari Lakshmi Puja (Sharad Purnima, Kojagra)

The full moon of Ashwin, when Lakshmi is believed to go round the earth asking who is awake and to bless the houses that are. Bengal keeps the night vigil and reads the Lakshmi Panchali; Mithila keeps Kojagra for a newly married groom with makhana left in the moonlight; the north leaves kheer under the moon; Odisha's maidens keep Kumara Purnima; Nepal closes Dashain with it.