Lakshmi Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Lakshmi
Goddess of Fortune, Wealth, & Prosperity
Member of Tridevi
Raja Ravi Varma's Gaja Lakshmi
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
Personal information
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:

Sita, wife of Rama
Radha, the lover, and Rukmini, the first wife and queen of Krishna

Hindu Goddess

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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A painting of Lakshmi on the inner walls of the Tanjore Big temple.
Gaja Lakshmi, Cambodia, ca. 944-968
Bas relief of GajaLakshmi at the Buddhist Sanchi Stupa, Stupa I, North gateway, Satavahana dynasty sculpture, 1st century CE.
Lord Vishnu with his head on the lap of the Goddess Andal
Sculpture of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi at Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu
An early 20th-century painting depicting Vishnu resting on Ananta-Shesha, with Lakshmi massaging his feet.
Ashtalakshmi - Eight forms of Lakshmi
A painting depicting Samudra Manthan, with Lakshmi emerging with the lotus in her hands.
Diwali celebrations include puja (prayers) to Lakshmi and Ganesha. Lakshmi is of the Vaishnavism tradition, while Ganesha of the Shaivism tradition of Hinduism.
Lakshmi Devi idol in Sanctum of temple at Doddagaddavalli, in Hassan District, Karnataka India.
Self emerged idol of goddess Lakshmi with Srinivasa in Kallur Mahalakshmi temple [Second Kolhapur]
Mahalaxmi temple Sulebhavi., Local form of goddess lakshmi
Greek-influenced statue of Gaja Lakshmi, holding lotus and cornucopia, flanked by two elephants and two lions. From Kashmir, 6th century CE.
Gaja Lakshmi at Shravanabelagola Temple, Karnataka.
The Japanese Kishijoten is adapted from Lakshmi.

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