Lakshmi or Mahalaxmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, light, wisdom, the lotus flower and fortune, and secondarily of luck, beauty, courage and fertility.
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Om Maha Laxmayei Vidmahe
Vishnupriyayei Dhimahi
Tanno Laxmi Prachodayat
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The word Lakshmi is often used applied to define a fortunate woman. In one ancient story from mythology Lakshmi is the daughter of a great sage, Bhrigu. Once, being displeased with the gods, Bhrigu pronounced a curse on all celestial beings, which included his daughter. To escape from all curse, Lakshmi took refuge in the primeval ocean. When the gods and the demons chruned the ocean to obtain the drink of immortality, Lakshmi appeared from the waters as a beautiful woman in a lotus flower; hence she is also known as padma or Kamala, meaning lotus.
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In a later story she is the wife of Vishnu. In her many incarnations she appears as the wife of the Vishnu avatars. Vishnu became Rama, she was Sita; and when he came as Krishna, Lakshmi was Rukmini.
She is shown as a beautiful woman with four hands, rising from a lotus. In two hands she holds lotus flowers, with the third she bestows wealth in the form of gold coins and with the fourth she blesses the worshipper. As the goddess of wealth and good fortune. she is offered special worship on the Lakshmi puja day during the Diwali festival.
