In March, on the full moon of the Goddess Lakshmi's birthday, Sridharan Pattachariyar is bathing a silver statue of Lakshmi in milk and honey while chanting sacred mantras. Pattachariyar is bare ...

A visit to Hampi is a must for anybody with a deep love for Indian history and ancient architectural wonders. Known as the ...

Goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu, bestows wealth, prosperity, and good fortune to those who worship her. She is depicted wearing a red and golden saree, symbolizing positivity. The ...

For more than eight centuries, the sacred stele of Lakshmi-Narayana, a manifestation of the Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi, watched over devotees in the Nepalese city of Patan until it suddenly ...

1. Goddess Laxmi 1. Goddess Laxmi or Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity. She is the wife and shakti (energy) of Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

A three-foot statue of the Hindu deity Vishnu had washed ashore. The sculpture was broken in pieces, but experts recognized it as depicting Vishnu in the Janardanaya avatar, one of his 24 divine ...

Lakshmi accompanies Vishnu in most of his avatars. When he is Vamana, she appears as a lotus. When he is Parashurama, she is his wife, Dharani. When he is Rama, she is Sita and when he is Krishna ...

Police in Bangladesh are searching for two statues of the Hindu god Vishnu which were stolen from Dhaka airport. The statues were to be flown to Paris with other artefacts for an art exhibition at the ...