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About Goddess Laxmi:
Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth and success and the paths, means and results of all forms of prosperity.
She is the wife of Lord Vishnu(the god of preservation). Sri Lakshmi embodies siddhi, peace, strength, balance,
auspiciousness and wisdom.
Goddess Laxmi is the daughter of Samudra(Ocean).
Lakshmi took the birth when the gods and the Asuras (demons) Churn the Ocean for Amrutham(The Nectar of
Immorality). The Devas consulted Vishnu who was on earth as Kurma, a tortoise. They decided they would churn
the oceans for the amrit. They created to churn by the threading the serpent Vasuki around Mount Mandara.
Kurma dived to the ocean floor and balanced Mount Mandara on his back.
In the grip of Kurma's cosmic clutch, the mountain could not sink into the ocean bed. The gods churned and
received the Nectar of Immortality from Lakshmi Devi and then fourteen treasures came to their hands. Lakshmi
Chose Vishnu as Her Husband.
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