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19th century
Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalThe goddess Gajalakshmi sits in lotus position on a lotus throne in a pond. She is holding lotus buds in her hands, a prayer ring and a bael fruit. Jewellery, crown, parasol and servants with flywhisks identify her as a princess. Gajalakshmi is a manifestation of the Hindu goddess of luck, Shri (Lakshmi), wife of Vishnu. She is the goddess of prosperity, beauty and harmony, fertility and vegetation and protector of married women.