Talk:Gajalaksmi
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Gajalakṣmi (‘Lakṣmī [associated with] elephants’)
Gajalakṣmi is the most popular of the eight forms of Lakṣmī—called Aṣṭamahālakṣmi—and is usually shown on the lintels of door-frames. She is dressed in snow-white garments and is seated on a lotus of eight petals. She has four arms carrying a long-stalked lotus, a pot of nectar, a bilva fruit (Aegle mar- melos) and a conch. Behind her are two decorated elephants shown as pouring water over her from pots held in their trunks. The elephants may also be shown