Religious & Spiritual Statue

Features

• This life-size brass murti ofgoddess Lakshmishows her seated on a marvellously real-looking lotus flower, one of whose petals provide a footrest to her left leg. The golden radiance of her form is a sculptural re-telling of her description in the Sri Suktam, a Vedic hymn dedicated to the brilliance and powers of goddess Lakshmi. Devi is seated majestically in the Lalitasana (posture of royal ease) fitting her regal status. A jeweled crown with a golden and inscribed fiery halo adorns her head. On her forehead is a pretty bindi (a coloured dot worn by women in India), highlighting her shapely brows and animated eyes. Her long tresses are beautifully designed to loosely frame her face before falling freely on her back. Maa Lakshmi wears karnika (jewelled earrings) with little trinkets in her ears and two gold necklaces. On her arms, Lakshmi wears bajuband (armbands), on her wrists are bangles.
• Her sari with beautiful ethnic border and small floral designs all over is held in place by an ornate waistband. Devi wears Payal (anklets) and Bichiya (toe-rings) on her feet, showing her status as an auspicious married woman, as per the Hindu culture. Two of her hands hold half-bloomed lotus flowers in the Kappita (wood apple) mudra, a hand gesture primarily related to her and goddess Saraswati. Her main left hand is in the Varada mudra (gesture of bestowing boon) and her main right hand is in the Abhaya mudra (gesture of fearlessness), both the palms pleasingly decorated with auspicious motifs. From the magnetism in Devis facial expressions to the soft folds of her sari, the artist has given this brass murti a life-like appearance.