Puzzle Lakshmi

11” x 14” jigsaw puzzle with an image of the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi dressed in pink and gold and standing in a pink lotus. Blue border. There is a waterfall behind her and in the river there are swans and a white elephant with an upturned trunk adorned with a floral lei. Lakshmi is the consort of the god Vishnu. She is one of the most popular goddesses of Hindu mythology and is known as the goddess of wealth and purity. Depicted in Indian art as an elegantly dressed, prosperity-showering golden-colored woman with an owl as her vehicle, she signifies the importance of economic activity in maintenance of life, her ability to move, work and prevail in confusing darkness. She typically stands or sits like a yogin on a lotus pedestal and holds lotus in her hand, a symbolism for fortune, self-knowledge and spiritual liberation. Her iconography shows her with four hands, which represent the four goals of human life considered important to the Hindu way of life: dharma, kāma, artha, and moksha. See the entire Goddess Puzzle collection in the ACTIVITIES | Puzzles section.