Anantha Chaturdasi or Anantha Vratha.

This festival comes on Bhadrapada maasa shukla paksha chaturthi.

Materials and Puja Articles needed:-A thambya[Thumbige] made of silver or copper or pithal.Bunch of mango leaves, Ananthan Dora{this is made of red silk threads with 14 knots available in puja shops] This is bought in pairs. one pair for each couple.and one pair for the bramin couple invited for food. A coconut to be placed on the thambya for kalas. Select size suitable for the thambya used. [ too big a one may topple the thambya. the coconut must be of the size so that that 1/4 of the bottom half of the coconut fits into the thambya. In some house holds in the Kalas Five dry friuts are put namely badam, kaju, drakshe., dates and kal sakkare/ kade sakar. Some put water a little of both haladhi and kumkum and mantra akshitha.[ find out out from your elders the family custom. A snake made out of dharba grass if this is available. Flowers and Friuts and coconut. Raw milk a little and pancha amrutha.

This puja is performed by dhampathis ie husband and wife.

Select a proper place, clean and wipe the place. Place a plank, on this spread a cup of rice. On the thambya apply Lime [sunna/ chunam] fully or two lines around the thambya one line below the rim and the other about one or two inces above the bottom of the thambya. and in the centre Draw a eight pettaled padma with a mixture of lime and haldhi which will give a red colour. Inside the thambya put [dry friuts or water as per the family custom]. Over this keep the mango leaves[ make the leaves are wiped clean with a wet cloth]the the coconut with haldhi powder applied on it. [ wet the coconut a little and apply the haldhi powder]. The dharbha Snake if available is placed on top of the coconut. After puja this dharbha snake is to bo be kept in your safe or cash box.

Apply kumkum. This is kalas. Place this on the rice spread on the plank.and perform puja with haldhi kumkum gandha, geja vastra. There is a puja book available as also cds. If one has not got this, do archana reciting the Vishnu Ashtotara followed by lakshmi ashtotara either with flowers or kumkum to lakshmi. Perform the puja also reciting the Vishunu sahaara nama vali, if you have no book.
Perform puja to the dora too, after the puja is over, the dora is given to bramhana and savashni, if they have been invited, if not , the head of the family and his spouse and then the others,the dora is given by the person who performed the puja.The men wear it arround their neck [like a chain] the women are to tie arround their right hand. This dora can be removed after some time . KEEP THE DORA IN A SAFE PLACE. DONT DISREGARD IT AND KEEP IT IN BATHROOMS AND PLACES WHERE IT IS LIKELY TO STAMPED UPON OR THROWN AWAY CARELESSLY.
Narayana in this Vratha called Anatha is supposed to be a old man, so only soft foods are made.Dosa, spinach bhaji, Hayagriva mandi and Kheer made with rosted wheat flour and cocanut milk is made.
Story on Anantha Padma nabha.
There once a bramin . He had a daughter and after the passing away of his, he remarried and the step mother was troubling the daughter to a great extent.The bramin got his daughter married.On the way to her husbands house she saw some people performing the Anantha Padmanabha puja. While she watched the puja ssome one gave her the Dora and told her to wear it arround her arm and proceeded her husbands house.When the husband saw her wearing the Dora he grabbed it and threw it into the fire, but the wife retrieved it and put out the fire and soaked the Dora in milk asking forgiveness .
After some time for one reason or other the prosperity of the family srated to decline and she was sure it was because her husband had thrown the Dora into the fire. When the time for puja aproached she convinced her husband and performed the Puja, after which their prosoerity recovered. The husband was repentent to his action. From then on they performed the Anantha Padmanabha Puja regularly.
IT is a custom to invite a couple for food [bramana and savashini]. This is not always possible with more and more women working. Do the puja and pay for hastoka in any matha for two.As for Onti and Vaagina dhana , Do the Onti to the godess and keep it by and also the Vaagina dhana, This can be given when some couple visit you.