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Sita Navami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of the goddess Sita, one of the most popular deities in Hinduism, and an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. It is celebrated on the navami (ninth day) of the Shukla Paksha (first lunar fortnight) of the Hindu month of Vaishakha . [ 125 ]
Sita Navami (Sanskrit: सीतानवमी, romanized: Sītānavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of the goddess Sita, one of the most popular deities in Hinduism, and an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. It is celebrated on the navami (ninth day) of the Shukla Paksha (first lunar fortnight) of the Hindu month of ...
Lakshmi lustrated by elephants, Uttar Pradesh, Kausambi, 1st century BCE Bas relief of GajaLakshmi at the Buddhist Sanchi Stupa, Stupa I, North gateway, Satavahana dynasty sculpture, 1st century CE [41] Lakshmi is a member of the Tridevi, the triad of great goddesses. She represents the Rajas guna, and the Iccha-shakti.
She is Lakshmi, seated as a Yogini on her lion throne. [12] The universe is full of the beautiful, states the Upanishad, and all that beauty is she, she alone. [12] [14] The Vedas are her, states Sita Upanishad, and she personifies the three goddesses: [4] [16] Shri (goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi), Bhumi (mother earth), and Nila (goddess of ...
After death of Ravana by Sita's husband Rama, Sita and Maya Sita switch places in the Agni Pariksha. In other stories, which follow the idea of Vedavati as Maya Sita, it is said that during the Agni Pariksha, Maya Sita's existence and identity as Vedavati (essentially an amshavatara of Lakshmi) is revealed by Agni.
Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune, wealth, fertility, auspiciousness, light, and material and spiritual fulfillment, as well as the consort of Vishnu, the maintainer or preserver. [5] However, Lakshmi does not signify mere material wealth, but also abstract prosperity, such as glory, magnificence, joy, exaltation, and greatness, and spiritual ...
Lakshmi Narayana Perumal, Venkatesha Perumal and Navaneetha Krishnan 10 Mudikondan Kothandaramar Temple: Rama with Sita 11 Kothandaramaswamy Temple, Patteeswaram: Rama with Sita 12 Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Thirumandangudi: Ranganthaswamy and Ranganayaki Thayar.(Thondaradippodi Alvar avathara sthalam) 13 Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam: Rama ...
In some Ashta Lakshmi lists, other forms of Lakshmi are included: Aishvarya Lakshmi (Auspicious Lakshmi): The goddess who bestows auspices, [3] and the only form of Lakshmi who mounts a horse. She generally replaces Vidya Lakshmi from the Ashta Lakshmi list. Saubhagya Lakshmi (Fortune Lakshmi): The manifestation who furnishes good fortune. [7]