Goddess Lakshmi

Also known as Shri or Mahalakshmi, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity. She is revered as the divine consort of Lord Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu trinity. Maa is worshipped by millions of devotees who seek her blessings for financial stability, material success, and spiritual well-being.

The significance goes beyond material wealth. She represents purity, generosity, and abundance in every form. In Vedic texts, She is described as the goddess who sustains both worldly and spiritual prosperity. Without her grace, life is believed to lack balance, growth, and fulfillment.

The symbolism of Mata is beautifully depicted in her iconography. She is often shown seated or standing on a blooming lotus, symbolizing spiritual awakening and purity. Gold coins flowing from her hand represent endless wealth and fortune, while the elephants around her symbolize strength, power, and auspiciousness. She appears in different forms, such as AshtaLakshmi, each form blessing devotees with unique aspects of prosperity—like knowledge, courage, fertility, and success.

Devotees worship especially during Diwali, where the Puja is performed to invite prosperity and happiness into homes. Fridays and full moon days are also considered auspicious for her worship. Chanting her mantras, keeping a clean and sacred home, and practicing generosity are believed to attract her blessings.

The blessings bring not only wealth but also peace, harmony, and fulfillment in life. By invoking her with devotion, one can achieve both material success and spiritual progress.

She is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual. The word ''Lakshmi'' is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksme, meaning "goal." , therefore, represents the goal of life, which includes worldly as well as spiritual prosperity. In Hindu mythology, she is also called Shri, is the divine spouse of Lord Vishnu and the Goddess of wealth and fortune.

She, when she resides in a king's palace is Rajyalakshmi; in a home she is Grihalakshmi. On the battlefield she is the fickle Jayalakshmi who often changes sides. As the goddess of fame she is Yasholakshmi and as Bhagyalakshmi she spreads good fortune. And the supreme ideal goddess is the great Mahalakshmi.

As the goddess of wealth, prosperity, good harvests, and of love, she is one of the most popular goddesses of the Hindus. Also called Sri, the beautiful, she is the epitome of feminine beauty. she is the gentle and generous provider of riches and so every Hindu home has its shrine to her, as do workplaces. The presence of her brings good fortune and when she leaves she takes fortune with her. So the radiant who is easy to please is propitiated with puja and flowers everyday.

ORIGIN IN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY

The goddess does not appear in the Rigveda but the word is used to mean good fortune. We find her as the consort of Vishnu in the Vishnu Purana. She rose to the surface of the Sea of Milk during the great churning of the ocean and chose to sit beside Vishnu. After that in all the following vatars of Vishnu, she 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.

she is depicted as a beautiful woman with soft, gentle features and golden skin. She has an air of calm and docility that is similar to the looks of Parvati or Gauri. She is clad in golden or red silk garments and wears a lot of gold jewellery including a tiara and an unfading garland of lotus blossoms. She is usually shown seated on an open lotus, with her pet owl beside her. She carries a bunch of lotus blossoms and also a pearl rosary and at times a jewel box.

Two elephants flank her, pouring Ganga water over her from water vessels. She is ever youthful and like her consort Vishnu, is a compassionate, kind hearted goddess who is easy to please. She indicates prosperity. Worship indicates an appreciation of prosperity and a sense of responsibility towards it. Depicted an extremely beautiful woman, she sits on a lotus. She has lotuses in various stages of bloom in her two hands. And even wears a lotus garland.


Why is Diwali Celebrated
Diwali, Puja items required and Puja Procedure
Dhanteras, Dhanvantri Puja
Remedies to be done on Diwali for wealth and Prosperity
RUDRAKSHA FOR GODDESS

she normally appears on one of three vehicles. In her enlightened aspect, sattvic guna, she accompanies Vishnu on Garuda. In her materialistic aspect, raja guna, she appears with two elephants on either side of her. The owl depicts the pernicious aspect of wealth. Though its considered a bird of ill omen and a symbol of darkness, the owl also symbolizes wisdom and intelligence because of its ability to presage events.

The four arms represent the four directions in space and thus symbolize omnipresence and omnipotence of the Goddess. The red color symbolizes activity. The golden lining (embroidery) on Her red dress denotes prosperity. The idea conveyed here is that the Goddess is always busy distributing wealth and prosperity to the devotees.


Tthe lotus seat, which is standing upon, signifies that while living in this world, one should enjoy its wealth, but not become obsessed with it. Such a living is analogous to a lotus that grows in water but is not wetted by water.

Since the right side of the body symbolizes activity, a lotus in the back right hand conveys the idea that one must perform all duties in the world in accordance with dharma. This leads to moksha (liberation), which is symbolized by a lotus in the back left hand .

The golden coins falling on the ground from the front left hand, illustrate that She provides wealth and prosperity to Her devotees. Her front right hand is shown bestowing blessings upon the devotees. To go hand in hand with Lord Vishnu's act of maintenance and protection, she is the possessor of every form of wealth.

STORY OF BIRTH OF KAMADEV & REMOVAL OF CURSE ON MAA

Ashtalakshmi are her eight forms which are the commonly worshipped aspects. In each form, she bestows one form of wealth to her devotees. The 8 FORMS are

ADI - Gives us wealth,
AISHWARYA - Gives us Fame,
DHANA - Gives us Food,
DHANYA - Good us Prosperity ,
GAJA - Gives is Money,
SANTANA- Gives us Children,
VEERA - Gives us strength,
VIJAYA - Gives us Sucess .

HOW TO PLEASE GODDESS

Astrological Products For Maa

Heera Shankh - Dakshinavarti Shankh to appease Maa
Yantras : Shree Yantra , Mahalakshmi Yantra , Ashtlakshmi Sukta Yantra , Shubh Labh , Vyapar Vridhi Indrani Yantra, Meru yantra
Rudraksha : One mukhi , Seven mukhi,
Pendants : Mahalakshmi Rudraksha , LakshmiGanesh, LakshmiNarayan
Puja : Mahalakshmi Homam, LakshmiNarayan Homa

Astrological Products symbolise Lord Ganesha
Eight Mukhi Rudraksha - Controller of planet Rahu
Ganesh Yantra , Ashvinayak Yantra
Rudraksha Ganesh Pendant , Shakti Pendant , Vinayak Rudraksh Pendant , Lakshmi Ganpati Pendant
Mahaganpati Homam to remove all difficulties
Gauri Ganesh sadhana for progeny for Progeny
Shvetark Ganpati - Carved roots of white Ark Plant