Lakshmi

Lakshmi

Lakshmi is the goddess of money and good luck in Hinduism. She is the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. 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) who are usually married to Vishnu's avatars:

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

Other pages

• Hindu Goddess

Further reading

• 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

Other websites

• 108 Aspects of Wealth
• The Online mandir of Mahalakshmi
• Know about Goddess Sri Lakshmi
• Hymns and eulogies on Lakshmi
• Lakshmi Puran