Lakshmi facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lakshmi |
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Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, & Prosperity | |
Member of Tridevi | |
![]() Raja Ravi Varma's Gaja Lakshmi
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Other names | Sri Devi, padmā, kamalā,Kamalakshi, Vishnupriyā |
Affiliation | Devi, Tridevi, Ashta Lakshmi, Mahalakshmi |
Abode | Vaikuntha |
Mantra | ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमो नम: ।
ॐ विष्णुप्रियायै नमो नम: । ॐ धनप्रदायै नमो नम : । ॐ विश्वजनन्यै नमो नम: । |
Symbols | Lotus and gold |
Mount | Owl,Elephant and Garuda |
Festivals | Navratri, Diwali, Lakshmi Puja, Varalakshmi Vratam/Mahalakshmi Vrata |
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Consort | Vishnu |
Siblings | Alakshmi |
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.
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:
Related pages
- Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions (ISBN: 81-208-0379-5) by David Kinsley
- Lakshmi Puja and Thousand Names (ISBN: 1-887472-84-3) by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
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