dhanteras is considered one of the most auspicious occasions for buying gold and silver or for making a new investment not to forget the festival sets the mood for diwali we spoke to a few celebs on their dhanteras plans and if they are planning to go goldshopping or are just going to spend time with family and springclean their house for the festival aheadill buy gold jewellery for myself bangles for my momsonal chauhansonal chauhansonal chauhan shares like most people its been a tradition in my family as well to buy something be it a piece of jewellery or a gold coin and taking this family tradition forward this year i will buy gold jewellery for myself and will gift bangles to my mother we plan to wear the jewellery on diwali i wish dhanteras endows upon us prosperity and opulencemy mom bought me a gold chain on dhanteras when i was 6 i still wear ittia bajpaitia bajpaitia bajpai tells us for me dhanteras is the onset of festivities every year we buy gold on this day either a coin or jewellery also i love dhanteras as i have lots of childhood memories associated with it i remember when i was six i went out shopping on dhanteras with my mom and nani i looked at this very shiny gold chain and took a fancy i kept playing with it till my mom and nani shopped when they were leaving they realized that i loved it and they bought it for me that chain is still with me and i wear it sometimesbuying gold or silver today invokes goddess lakshmis blessingsvardhan purivardhan purivardhan puri the grandson of amrish puri says on dhanteras we make it a point to buy gold or silver and believe that it invokes the blessings of goddess lakshmi my mother and sister being doctors also pray to lord dhanvantri the god of good health the festival is special for me as its familybonding time with lots of laughter fun music and great food i love it allwe do puja of our ancestral jewellery on dhanterassayali bhagatsayali bhagatsayali bhagat says as part of our family tradition we do puja of our ancestral jewellery and silverware on dhanteras after cleaning the pieces we lay them on a table and put flowers and itar over them ive been enjoying watching the puja since childhood and it is the most fascinating part of dhanteras for me sayali adds love packing gifts colouring diyas and making rangoli and sweets something that starts at my home from dhanterasi plan to gift precious stones to the precious women in my life pulkit samratpulkit samratpulkit samrat says buying gold coins signing papers for investments having sweets and rajma chawal is the usual scene at our home every dhanteras i love the way the house gets lit up on dhanteras and the brightness continues till diwali and bhai dooj i plan to gift precious stones this year to the precious women