Goddess Lakshmi or Laxmi as the goddess of wealth prosperity, good harvests, and of love, Lakshmi Godess is one of the most popular Goddesses of the Hindus. Also called Sri, the beautiful, she is the epitome of feminine beauty.
Lakshmi Devi is the gentle and generous provider of riches and so every Hindu home has its shrine to her, as do workplaces. The presence of Goddess Laxmi brings good fortune and when she leaves she takes fortune with her. So the radiant Lakshmi who is easy to please is propitiated with puja and flowers everyday.
Lord Vishnu, Goddess Lakshmi Brass Statue
Lakshmi the goddess does not appear in the Rig-Veda but the word is used to mean good fortune. We find her as the consort of Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana. Sri Lakshmi rose to the surface of the Sea of Milk during the great churning of the ocean (when Lord Vishnu take Kurma Avatar) and chose to sit beside Vishnu. After that in all the following avatars of Vishnu Lakshmi came down to earth with him. When his incarnation was the dwarf Vamana Avatar, she came as Padma. With the Boar incarnate of Varaha Avatar she was Kamala. With Parashuram she was Dharani, with Rama she was Sita and with Krishna she was Rukmini.
[...] take Kurma Avatar) and chose to sit beside Vishnu. After that in all the following avatars of Vishnu Lakshmi came down to earth with him. When his incarnation was the dwarf Vamana Avatar, she came as Padma. [...]