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Lakshmi (Sanskrit, f., लक्ष्मी, Lakṣmī) ist die hinduistische Göttin des Glücks und der Schönheit, nicht nur Spenderin von Reichtum sondern auch von geistigem Wohlbefinden, von Harmonie, von Fülle und Überfluss, Beschützerin der Pflanzen. Sie ist die Shakti, die erhaltende Kraft des Vishnu, und dessen Gemahlin.
Schon die Veden berichten über Lakshmi, die Göttin der Schönheit. Nach der Mythologie entstieg sie dem Milchozean, als dieser durch die Devas (Götter) und Asuras (Dämonen) auf der Suche nach Amrita (Trank, der unsterblich macht, Ambrosia) aufgeschäumt wurde. Dieser Mythos berichtet weiter, wie sie, dem Wasser entstiegen, Vishnu als Gatten erwählte.
Wird sie zusammen mit ihm als Gattin dargestellt, hat sie zwei Hände. Zeigt die Darstellung sie allein, sind es meist vier. Dann trägt sie in zwei Händen Lotosblüten, während die anderen beiden die trostgebende sowie gebende Handstellung zeigen. Aus Letzterer rinnen Goldstücke, die meist als Geld interpretiert werden. Am bekanntesten ist sie als Gajalakshmi, die auf einer Lotusblüte steht oder sitzt, von zwei Elefanten flankiert, die Wasser über sie gießen. Diese Form ist in Indien oft als Glückszeichen an Wohnhäusern zu finden. Oft zeigt die Ikonographie sie auch mit Lotos, Muschel, Topf mit dem Unsterblichkeitstrank Amrita sowie einer Bilva-Frucht. Ist die Darstellung achthändig, kommen noch Pfeil und Bogen hinzu sowie Diskus und Keule. Sie ist dann Mahalakshmi (Große Lakshmi), ein Aspekt Durgas und in diesem Fall nicht Gattin. Andere ihrer Erscheinungsformen sind die Göttinnen Bhumidevi (Personifikation der Erde), Buddhi (Wissen) und Siddhi (Erfolg, Vollendung). Sie ist auch mit dem elefantenköpfigen Ganesha verbunden, als dessen Shakti sie auch erscheint. Als Annapurna, die Ernährende, trägt sie ein Ährenbündel als Symbol der Fruchtbarkeit. Manchmal, besonders in bengalischen Versionen, ist eine Eule ihr Begleittier.
Lakshmi wird auch Shri-Lakshmi genannt, und als Shri ist sie ein Attribut des Vishnu, an dessen Körper sie als Symbol z. B. in Form eines Dreieckes erscheint.
Bei jeder Inkarnation des Vishnu verkörpert auch sie sich und begleitet ihn; kam Vishnu als heldenhafter König Rama, war sie dessen Gattin Sita, inkarnierte er sich als Krishna, war sie dessen Freundin Radha. Sie erscheint auch als Maya, Göttin der Illusion des Universums.
Vom Namen her ist Lakshmi in der indogermanischen Sprachfamilie etymologisch verwandt mit der schwedischen Lichterheiligen Lucia, dem lateinischen Lux (Licht) sowie dem englischen luck (Glück). Alle Begriffe sind die Attribute der Göttin. Ihr heiliger Tag ist der Donnerstag, an dem besonders verheiratete Frauen sie mit Gebet und Opfer ehren. Sie gilt als deren Beschützerin und jede von ihnen als ihre Manifestation.
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This is the largest statue in Hampi. Narasimha is sitting on the coil of a giant seven-headed snake called Sesha. The heads of the snake acts as the hood above his head. The god sits in a cross-legged Yoga position with a belt supporting the knees.
Sometimes this is referred as Ugra Narasimha (i.e. Narasimha in its terrifying form). The protruding eyes and the facial expression are the basis for this name.
Narasimha (means half-man’half-lion in local the languages) is on of the ten incarnations (avatar) of Lord Vishnu.
The original statue contained the image of goddess Lakshmi, consort of the god, sitting on his lap. But this statue has been damaged seriously during the raid leading to the fall of Vijayanagara. Even the damaged portion of such a large statue of Lakshmi carved on his lap is missing. Probably it may be laying around in tiny pieces. But the goddess’s hand is visible resting on his back in embracing posture. If you get a chance to go inside this enclosure, it is possible to see the hand of the goddess. Even the nails & the rings on her fingers are so perfectly executed.
Lion face of Lakshmi Narasimha also sometimes called as Unganarasimha (the ferocious Narasimha) Lakshmi Narasimha
Somehow this single statue alone can demonstrate at the same time how creative and destructive the human mind can be.
The Hindu mythology has a tale of Narasimha’s origin.
"Lord Vishnu takes the form of Narasihma in his fourth incarnation, the previous one being that of a Boar (Varaha). Vishnu kills the demon Hiranyaksha during his Varaha avatar. Hiranyaksha’s brother Hiranyakashipu wants to take revenge by destroying Lord Vishnu and his followers. He performs penance to please Brahma, the god of creation. Impressed by this act, Brahma offers him any thing he wants.
Hiranyakashipu asks for a tricky boon. That he would not die either on earth or in space; nor in fire nor in water; neither during day nor at night; neither inside nor outside (of a home); nor by a human, animal or God; neither by inanimate nor by animate being.
Brahma grants the boon. With virtually no fear of death he unleashes terror. Declares himself as god and asks people to utter no god’s name except his. However his son Prahlada (who a devoted worshiper of Lord Vishnu!) refuses. Repeated pressurization on him yields no results for Hiranyakashipu. Prahlada declares the omnipresence of Lord Vishnu.
Once Hiranyakashipu points to a pillar and asks if Vishnu is present in it. Prahlada nods in affirmative. Angered at it, he draws his sword and cuts the pillar; Narasimha appears out of the broken pillar.
Lakshmi Narasimha in the Yogic posture Lakshmi Narasimha in the Yogic posture
Narasimha (being a man-lion god form) kills Hiranyakashipu. He comes out to kill at the twilit (neither day nor night);on the doorsteps of his palace (neither inside nor outside); uses his nails to kill (neither animate nor inanimate); puts him on his lap before killing (neither earth nor in space). Thus making power of the boon ineffective.
The death of this demon king is celebrated as Holi (the celebration of colors) in India, especially in the northern parts.
This icon was the centre of an ambitious temple plan. But it was never completed
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Vishnu and Lakshmi on Shesha Naga, ca 1870
Devanagari विष्णु
Affiliation Trimurti
Abode Vaikuntha
Weapon Sudarshana Chakra and the Kaumodaki
Consort Lakshmi
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Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु), (honorific: Bhagavan Vishnu), is the supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God,[1] and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita.[2][3][4][5][6]
The Vishnu Sahasranama[7] declares Vishnu as Paramatma (supreme soul) and Parameshwara (supreme God). It describes Vishnu as the All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of—and beyond—the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within.
In the Puranas, Vishnu is described as having the divine color of clouds (dark-blue), four-armed, holding a lotus, mace, conch and chakra (wheel). Vishnu is also described in the Bhagavad Gita as having a 'Universal Form' (Vishvarupa) which is beyond the ordinary limits of human sense perception.[8]
The Puranas also describe each of the dasavatara of Vishnu. Among these ten principal avatars described, nine of them have occurred in the past and one will take place in the future, at the end of Kali Yuga. In the commentary of creator Brahma in Vishnu Sahasranamam, he refers to Vishnu as "Sahasrakoti Yuga Dharine", which means that these incarnations take place in all Yugas in cosmic scales. The Bhagavad Gita mentions their purpose as being to rejuvenate Dharma[9] and vanquish negative forces as also to display His divine pastimes in front of the conditioned/fallen souls. In almost all Hindu denominations, Vishnu is either worshiped directly or in the form of his ten avatars, such as Rama and Krishna.[10]
The Trimurti (English: ‘three forms’; Sanskrit: trimūrti) is a concept in Hinduism "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver, and Shiva the destroyer or transformer."[11][12] These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad"[13] or the "Great Trinity".[14]
Lakshmi (Sanskrit, f., लक्ष्मी, Lakṣmī) ist die hinduistische Göttin des Glücks und der Schönheit, nicht nur Spenderin von Reichtum sondern auch von geistigem Wohlbefinden, von Harmonie, von Fülle und Überfluss, Beschützerin der Pflanzen. Sie ist die Shakti, die erhaltende Kraft des Vishnu, und dessen Gemahlin.
Schon die Veden berichten über Lakshmi, die Göttin der Schönheit. Nach der Mythologie entstieg sie dem Milchozean, als dieser durch die Devas (Götter) und Asuras (Dämonen) auf der Suche nach Amrita (Trank, der unsterblich macht, Ambrosia) aufgeschäumt wurde. Dieser Mythos berichtet weiter, wie sie, dem Wasser entstiegen, Vishnu als Gatten erwählte.
Wird sie zusammen mit ihm als Gattin dargestellt, hat sie zwei Hände. Zeigt die Darstellung sie allein, sind es meist vier. Dann trägt sie in zwei Händen Lotosblüten, während die anderen beiden die trostgebende sowie gebende Handstellung zeigen. Aus Letzterer rinnen Goldstücke, die meist als Geld interpretiert werden. Am bekanntesten ist sie als Gajalakshmi, die auf einer Lotusblüte steht oder sitzt, von zwei Elefanten flankiert, die Wasser über sie gießen. Diese Form ist in Indien oft als Glückszeichen an Wohnhäusern zu finden. Oft zeigt die Ikonographie sie auch mit Lotos, Muschel, Topf mit dem Unsterblichkeitstrank Amrita sowie einer Bilva-Frucht. Ist die Darstellung achthändig, kommen noch Pfeil und Bogen hinzu sowie Diskus und Keule. Sie ist dann Mahalakshmi (Große Lakshmi), ein Aspekt Durgas und in diesem Fall nicht Gattin. Andere ihrer Erscheinungsformen sind die Göttinnen Bhumidevi (Personifikation der Erde), Buddhi (Wissen) und Siddhi (Erfolg, Vollendung). Sie ist auch mit dem elefantenköpfigen Ganesha verbunden, als dessen Shakti sie auch erscheint. Als Annapurna, die Ernährende, trägt sie ein Ährenbündel als Symbol der Fruchtbarkeit. Manchmal, besonders in bengalischen Versionen, ist eine Eule ihr Begleittier.
Lakshmi wird auch Shri-Lakshmi genannt, und als Shri ist sie ein Attribut des Vishnu, an dessen Körper sie als Symbol z. B. in Form eines Dreieckes erscheint.
Bei jeder Inkarnation des Vishnu verkörpert auch sie sich und begleitet ihn; kam Vishnu als heldenhafter König Rama, war sie dessen Gattin Sita, inkarnierte er sich als Krishna, war sie dessen Freundin Radha. Sie erscheint auch als Maya, Göttin der Illusion des Universums.
Vom Namen her ist Lakshmi in der indogermanischen Sprachfamilie etymologisch verwandt mit der schwedischen Lichterheiligen Lucia, dem lateinischen Lux (Licht) sowie dem englischen luck (Glück). Alle Begriffe sind die Attribute der Göttin. Ihr heiliger Tag ist der Donnerstag, an dem besonders verheiratete Frauen sie mit Gebet und Opfer ehren. Sie gilt als deren Beschützerin und jede von ihnen als ihre Manifestation.
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LAKSHMI GOPALASWAMY WAS BORN ON 7TH JANUARY IN BANGALORE, KARNATAKA,INDIA. SHE IS AN EXCELLENT BHARATHANATYAM DANCER AND STARTED PERFORMING AT THE AGE OF 12. AT A YOUNG AGE SHE WON A RENOWNED MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY’S MGR AWARD. SHE WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM KARNATAKA TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD. DR. UMA GOPALASWAMY IS HER MOTHER WHO HAS PHD IN CARNATIC MUSIC. LAKSHMI HOLDS MASTER’S DEGREE IN WOMEN’S STUDIES.
LAKSHMI GOPALASWAMY IS THE ACTRESS WHO WON THE KERALA STATE FILM AWARD AS A BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THE MALAYALAM FILM ARAYANNANGALUDE VEEDU OPPOSITE ACTOR MAMMOOTTY.
BHARATANATYAM IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INDIAN DANCES AND BELONGS TO THE SOUTH INDIAN STATE OF TAMIL NADU. THE NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE WORD "BHARATHA", AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATYASHASTRA. IT IS BELIEVED THAT BRAHMA, THE FIRST GREAT TRINITY OF HINDU PANTHEON IS THE NATYA SHASTRA OR THE SCIENCE OF DANCING. BRAHMA WAS SO MOVED BY THE ENTREATIES OF INDRA AND OTHER DEVAS OF HEAVEN THAT HE USED THE FOUR VEDAS TO CREATE NATYA VEDA. THE NATYA VEDA OR THE FIFTH VEDA WAS BESTOWED ON BHARATA AND HIS DISCIPLES WHO INTRODUCED THE ART TO THE MORTALS ON EARTH. HENCE THE NAME BHARATNATYAM.
BHARATA NATYAM SKILLFULLY EMBODIES THE THREE PRIMARY INGREDIENTS OF DANCING. THEY ARE BHAVA OR MOOD, RAGA OR MUSIC AND MELODY AND TALA OR TIMING. THE TECHNIQUE OF BHARATA NATYAM CONSISTS OF 64 PRINCIPLES OF COORDINATED HAND, FOOT, FACE AND BODY MOVEMENTS, WHICH ARE PERFORMED TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF DANCE SYLLABLES.
BHARATNATYAM COMPRISES THREE ELEMENTS OF LIFE- PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND SCIENCE. IT IS A DYNAMIC AND EARTHY DANCE STYLE AND ITS ANTIQUITY IS WELL ESTABLISHED. IT HAS BEEN APTLY CALLED A SYMBOL OF BEAUTY AND AESTHETIC PERFECTION. IT IS, IN EFFECT, A TRADITION THAT DEMANDS TOTAL DEDICATION, DETACHMENT FROM WORLDLY TIES AND A SUBLIMATION OF SELF TO THE ART FROM THE PERFORMER. BHARATANATYAM IS A RELATIVELY NEW NAME. IT WAS EARLIER KNOWN AS SADIR, DASI ATTAM, AND THANJAVUR NATYAM.
IN THE PAST, IT WAS PRACTISED AND PERFORMED IN THE TEMPLES BY A CLASS OF DANCERS KNOWN AS THE 'DEVADASIS'. BHARATANATYAM DANCERS ARE USUALLY WOMEN AND, LIKE THE SCULPTURES THEY TAKE THEIR POSITIONS FROM, ALWAYS DANCE BENT-KNEED. IT IS AN EXTREMELY PRECISE DANCE STYLE WHERE A HUGE REPERTOIRE OF HAND MOVEMENTS IS USED TO CONVEY MOODS AND EXPRESSIONS. BHARATANATYAM IS VIBRANT AND VERY DEMANDING OF THE DANCER. THE BODY IS VISUALIZED AS MADE OF TRIANGLES, ONE ABOVE AND ONE BELOW THE TORSO. IT IS BASED UPON A BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF BODY WEIGHT AND FIRM POSITIONS OF THE LOWER LIMBS, ALLOWING THE HANDS TO CUT INTO A LINE, TO FLOW AROUND THE BODY, OR TO TAKE POSITIONS THAT ENHANCE THE BASIC FORM.
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THIS DANCE FORM ARE PADAMS OR POEMS ON THE HERO-HEROINE THEME. THE TEMPO OF THESE LOVE SONGS IS SLOW AND EACH PHASE OF THE PERFORMANCE IS CRYSTALLIZED INTO A SPECIFIC MOOD OF LOVE.
Like many Hindu deities, Lakshmi has literally dozens of different forms, incarnations and names, has complex relationships with other deities (like Vishnu and Ganesh) and plays many roles. She’s probably best known for being a goddess of abundance - and that can mean simple good luck, personal fulfillment, or material wealth. Lakshmi is the one who fills your cup!
Diwali, a festival of lights and of the abundance of the harvest, is the biggest holiday devoted to her. It’s coming up a little late this year, on November 13-17. (It’s a lunar holiday that most often hits around the end of October.)
In most devotional images Lakshmi is depicted standing or sitting in a giant lotus blossom, floating on a tranquil sea - a bit like Aphrodite, she was born from the ocean. She has four arms (the better to distribute wealth!) and holds lotuses in two of them. She is sometimes attended by two white elephants. This is an illustration, not a traditional devotional image, so she is behaving a little less formally here! Lakshmi is generous of spirit, so hopefully she won’t hold it against me.
I tend to like goddesses who are a little scary or dangerous, but it’s impossible not to love Lakshmi.
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The Laxminarayan Temple (Hindi: श्री लक्ष्मीनारायण मन्दिर, also known as the Birla Mandir) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Laxminarayan in Delhi, India. The temple is built in honour of Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of wealth), and her consort Narayana (Vishnu, Preserver in the Trimurti).
The temple is adorned with many shrines, fountains, and a large garden. The temple is one of the major attractions of Delhi and attracts thousands of devotees on the Hindu festivals of Janmashtami and Diwali.
The temple was built in 1622 by Vir Singh Deo, and renovated by Prithvi Singh in 1793. During 1933-39, Laxmi Narayan Temple was built by Baldeo Das Birla of Birla family. Thus, the temple is also known as Birla Temple. The famous temple is accredited to have been inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939. At that time, Mahatma Gandhi kept a condition that the temple would not be restricted to the Hindus and people from every caste would be allowed inside. Since then, funds for further renovations and support have come from the Birla family.
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