Hindu goddess of wealth, love, prosperity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Member of Tridevi | |
![]() Gajalakshmi by Raja Ravi Varma | |
Other names | Sri, Narayani, Bhagavati, Padma, Kamala, Vaishnavi |
Affiliation | Devi,Adi parashakti,Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Durga |
Abode | Vaikuntha, Manidvipa |
Mantra | ।।ॐ श्रीं श्रियें नमः ।। |
Animals | Elephant |
Symbols | Nymphaea, Jnana Mudra Gold |
Day | Friday |
Mount | Owl |
Festivals | Diwali (Lakshmi Puja), Navratri, Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam |
Personal information | |
Consort | Vishnu |
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: