She is the goddess of wealth, luck, power, beauty, and prosperity, and is associated with maya ("illusion"). Lakshmi is usually depicted as a beautiful woman of golden complexion, with four hands, sitting or standing on a lotus and holding a lotus bud, which represents beauty, purity, fertility and a symbol of ability.
Lakshmi is the divine power that turns dreams into reality. That is nature, the whole creation is self-sufficient, It is maya, the delightful illusion, the dream-like manifestation of the divinity that makes life conceivable, therefore worth living. She is power, energy, boundless and plentiful.
In recent times, for Hindus, Goddess Lakshmi is a symbol of good fortune. T...