Wednesday, August 13, 2008

LAXMI

Goddess Laxmi, the consort of Lord Narayana popularly known as Lord Vishnu, is the ruler of eight kinds of wealth. It is believed that the household where she is not worshipped never gets prosperred.Wealth and success never ever knocks at the doors of those households. As she is the beloved of Lord Vishnu, you need to accord respect to Lord Vishnu otherwise you can't expect Laxmi to stay at your place. There goes the saying that Goddess Laxmi travels on owl if she travels alone and if she travels with Lord Vishnu then she travels on Garuda. Now these two differenet situations signifies two different aspects of prosperity. When Goddess Laxmi travels alone on owl, then the people who acquire wealth gets intellectually blind and when she travels with Vishnu , then the person acquires wisdom along with wealth . This pooja needs to be performed using strict rituals ,mantras and samagri by experts. Dhan Laxmi is worshipped for wealth,Vijaya Laxmi is worshipped for victory in different fields or understakings, Sanatan Laxmi is being worshipped for children, Vidya Laxmi is worshipped for knowledge,Soubhagya Laxmi is worshipped for marriage and happy married life, Dhanya Laxmi is worshipped by the farming community.

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