Magnificently poised in the yogic ‘padmasana,’ this image of Lakshmi truly defines her presence as our beloved mother goddess that presents benevolence, abundance, and posterity, along with the powerfully divine energy, or Shakti, as part of the great triad of Trimurti along with Parvati and Saraswati. Seated on a raised double lotus plinth, Lakshmi’s image – made in the ‘madhuchista vidhana’ or lost wax technique of casting – embodies her boon granting benevolence (as seen in the ‘varada mudra’) and the fear dispelling fierce form (as seen in the ‘abhaya mudra’). The various attributes that she holds in her remaining six hands, that is, the ‘sudarshana chakra,’ the conch, the noose, the sword, a cup, and the lotus, attest to her multifaceted persona.
Lakshmi’s iconography – which comes to us from important texts like the Skanda Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, Devi Mahatmya – has been beautifully conceived by the ‘sthapati’ here. The painstaking attention given to every single pleat of the Devi’s sari makes us enormously appreciate the artistic effort. Her bejewelled presence, complete with a high ‘mukuta’ and a ‘prabhamandala,’ befits her image as a powerful goddess. The sculptor has also given attention to the icon of the lotus flower, which is truly symbolic for the purity of thought and knowledge that Lakshmi provides us with. This image is therefore a wonderful exposition for the religiously devout as well as the aesthete that appreciates a fine work of art.
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