Lakshmi

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

Related 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