Kamakshi- she who has beautiful eyes that instill kama or passion, is an epithet for the supreme goddess in Hinduism.
Seated on a lotus throne that symbolizes fertility and life, Kamakshmi Amman carries a noose and goad to regulate the world order and an Ikshu-Khanda (sugarcane), which represents the ambrosial power of the goddess, through which she brings passion and activity into the world, resulting in the beginning of creation after a Pralaya or total annihilation.
Adorning the icon of Devi Kamakshi is an elaborate aureole, with Makara on its pillars from whose mouth the arch emerges, marked by a Kirtimukha or face of glory.
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