Uluka

Uluka, the owl, is a lesser known vehicle of Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth and prosperity. Uluka is mainly associated with the opposite form of Goddess Lakshmi – Alakshmi, the Goddess of inauspiciousness. In some regions, Uluka symbolizes wisdom and intelligence because of its ability to foretell events, but in most of them, the owl is an ill omen and represents darkness, disgrace, inauspiciousness and misfortune. Uluka becomes the vehicle of Goddess Lakshmi when the wealth and prosperity provided by the goddess is used by human beings for Adharmic or activities- activities that go against dharma or the way of life. Symbolically, the wealth provided by the goddess blinds the ...View all