Lakshmi

Lakshmi is the goddess of money, wisdom and good luck in Hinduism. Most Hindus pray to her on Diwali, which is a festival in India. She is regarded as an equivalent goddess of Emoinu, her Meitei counterpart. Gajalakshmi

Lakshmi
Mother Goddess, Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, Love, Prosperity, Joy, Beauty and Maya
Member of Tridevi
Other names	Sri, Narayani, Bhagavati, Padma, Kamala, Vaishnavi
Mantra	।।ॐ श्रीं श्रियें नमः ।।
Animals	Elephant
Day	Friday
Mount	Owl
Festivals	Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam
Personal information
Siblings	Jyestha or Alakshmi

Lakshmi has four arms, fair skin and sits on a lotus flower and is normally surrounded by elephants. She is covered in jewellery.

She also has several avatars (means a god coming to the earth in the form of a human being or in any other form). Her husband is the Hindu god Vishnu but her other avatars are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:

• Sita, wife of Rama
• Radha, the eternal wife and chief consort of Krishna
• Rukmini, the principal wife and first queen consort of Krishna

Lakshmi Media

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  A painting of Lakshmi on the inner walls of the Tanjore Big temple.

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  Gaja Lakshmi, Cambodia, ca. 944-968

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  Lakshmi lustrated by elephants, Uttar Pradesh, Kausambi, 1st century BCE.

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  Lord Vishnu with his head on the lap of the Goddess Andal

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  Sculpture of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi at Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu

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  Ashtalakshmi - Eight forms of Lakshmi

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  A painting depicting Samudra Manthana, with Lakshmi emerging with the lotus in her hands.

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  Deepavali celebrations include puja (prayers) to Lakshmi and Ganesha. Lakshmi is of the Vaishnavism tradition, while Ganesha of the Shaivism tradition of Hinduism.

Related pages

• Hindu Goddess

Further reading

• Kinsley, David R. (1987). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. ISBN 978-81-208-0379-4.
• Saraswati, Swami Satyananda; Saraswati, Swami Vittalananda; Saraswati, Mata Parvatinanda (2001). Laksmi Puja and Thousand Names. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-887472-84-5.

Other websites

• Maha Lakshmi Purana
• 108 Aspects of Wealth Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
• The Online mandir of Mahalakshmi Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Know about Goddess Sri Lakshmi Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Hymns and eulogies on Lakshmi Archived 2006-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Lakshmi Puran