14/04/2026
Lakshmi 🪷
Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of fortune, prosperity, wisdom and fertility.
She is also the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. She is always shown with the lotus.Rooted in the mud, but blossoming above the water, completely uncontaminated by the mud, the lotus represents purity and spiritual perfection.
Lakshmi's four hands symbolise dharma (the path of right living, the root of which is compassion), k**a (desires), artha (wealth) and moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and death
Lakshmi emerged out of the sea of churning milk. In the midst of the waves, a goddess with heavenly looks came into view. She was standing on a fully blossomed lotus, wearing a lotus garland and holding a lotus in her hand. She was beautiful. She was smiling and all who looked upon her were astounded by her radiance. The sages began reciting hymns in praise of her. The elephants on either side sprinkled sacred holy Ganga water on the goddess and bathed her. As soon as the gods saw Lakshmi, they all fell in love with her beauty and grace.
Lakshmi chose Vishnu as her consort, adorning him with her lotus garland.
In Hindu tradition Diwali, the festival of lights, is a particular time to honour Lakshmi. People will put small oil lamps outside their homes in the hope that Lakshmi will come to bless them.
In Bengal, Lakshmi is worshipped during the brightest night of the year, a night in Autumn when the moon is full. It is believed that she showers wealth on this night. She, along with her mount, the great white owl, descends to earth and takes away the darkness of poverty, stagnation, anger and laziness from our lives.
Lakshmi embodies the beautiful and bountiful aspect of nature and serves to remind us of the abundance of life's blessings
