Mahalaxmi
Mahalaxmi is a goddess who slayed demons in the region with the support of her sister Renuka. After the wars, she did not accord due respect to Goddess Renuka, leading to a rift between the sisters. Her temple idol faces west, opposite to Renuka's eastward-facing idol at Temblai.
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When
- Historical notes
- Annual Navratri procession celebrates reconciliation with Renuka on Lalitpanchami.
Relationships
- allied with
- Renuka
- aspect of
- Mahadevi
- enemy of
- Kolhasur
- co occurs with
- Mahakali, Mahasaraswati
- manifested by
- Mahadevi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Every year in the month of Ashvin, on the fifth day of the bright moon, the elder sister Mahalaxmi visits her younger sister at Temblai. The festival is now celebrated as traditional event where a procession is carried out with Mahalaxmi placed in a palkhi”
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“Mahadevi manifests as the goddess Mahasaraswati in order to create, as the goddess Mahalaxmi in order to preserve, and as the goddess Mahakali (Parvati) in order to destroy. These three forms of the supreme goddess Mahadevi are collectively called the Tridevi.”
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