First Time Attended Varalakshmi Pooja in USA

Varalakshmi Puja, is a Hindu observance to propitiate the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Varalakshmi is the manifestation of Lakshmi who grants boons (varam).
It is a puja primarily performed by married Hindu women in the states of South India.
This occasion is observed on the Friday before the day of the full moon - Purnima - in the Hindu month of Shravana, which corresponds to the Gregorian months of July - August.