With her regal throne framed by a kirtimukha prabhavali, Goddess Lakshmi shines celestially as she sits, face turned up in a faint smile and lower hands in abhaya and varada mudra, blessing her devotees with riches. She is the epitome of youth, beauty, as well as wealth and opulence. Her throne is set upon an upside-down lotus, carved intricately with panchaloha (five alloys) bronze.
When the churning of the cosmic had gone on for a long while, the devas and asuras rejoiced as out from it emerged Goddess Lakshmi, the epitome of beauty and youth. They had been pulling the rope around a great mountain, in hopes of amrita (the elixir of immortality) but had come across Lakshmi, who became the provider of material wealth. She looked at all the gods present and eventually chose to marry Lord Vishnu. Just like she emerged from the great waters, she emerged from the wax mold after much effort on the part of sthapathis. They sculpted her idol in wax and poured molten bronze through it. Burying it in the ground, they wait for it to cool before they melt the wax away, which gives this art form the name of lost wax. And finally, after so long, emerges the beautiful form of Goddess Lakshmi.
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