Her iconography shows her with four hands, which represent the four aspects of human life important to Hindu culture: dharma, kāma, artha, and moksha. Lakshmi is depicted in Indian art as an elegantly dressed, prosperity-showering golden-coloured woman standing or sitting in the padmasana position upon a lotus throne, while holding a lotus in her hand, symbolising fortune, self-knowledge, and spiritual liberation. The eight prominent manifestations of Lakshmi, the Ashtalakshmi, symbolise the eight sources of wealth. Whenever Vishnu descended on the earth as an avatar, Lakshmi accompanied him as consort, for example, as Sita and Radha or Rukmini as consorts of Vishnu's avatars Rama and Krishna, respectively. She is an especially prominent figure in Sri Vaishnavism, in which devotion to Lakshmi is deemed to be crucial to reach Vishnu. Lakshmi is both the consort and the divine energy ( shakti) of the Hindu god Vishnu, the Supreme Being of Vaishnavism she is also the Supreme Goddess in the sect and assists Vishnu to create, protect, and transform the universe. Within the goddess-oriented Shaktism, Lakshmi is venerated as the prosperity aspect of the Mother goddess.
Along with Parvati and Saraswati, she forms the Tridevi of Hindu goddesses.
She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with Maya ("Illusion").
'Noble'), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. 'she who leads to one's goal'), also known as Shri ( Sanskrit: श्री, romanized: Śrī, lit. Lakshmi ( / ˈ l ʌ k ʃ m i/ Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, romanized: Lakṣmī, sometimes spelled Laxmi, lit. Amritavalli( Devasena) and Sundaravalli( Valli) (Daughters) (According to South Indian traditions).Kardama, Chiklita, and 16 other sons (18 sons) ( Rigveda).
Padma (Lotus), Shankha (conch), Discus, Gada (mace), Jnana Mudra, Abhaya Mudra, Varadamudra, Gold.ĭeepavali ( Lakshmi Puja), Sharad Purnima, Varalakshmi Vratam, Navaratri, Sankranti
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