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
Children	Kamadeva
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