My Mother Celebrates Dhanteras Her Way Women buying metal utensils on Dhanteras ahead of Diwali festival at Boring road on November 2, 2021 in Patna, India. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindus believe that buying materialistic things at Dhanteras—the day Goddess Lakshmi arrives, just before Diwali—can bring luck and prosperity. On this day the market can be seen packed with people: moneyed people buy gold, expensive clothes, cars, etc.; the middle class buy silver, utensils, electronic goods, clothes, etc.; but both classes buy brooms—which is considere