A standing Lakshmi murti such as this one is sure to bring wealth and prosperity to any family, business, and organisation where She may be installed. On a traditional, engraved quadrilateral plinth She stands, Her feet cradled on the pistil of an upturned lotus. Her ankles are barely revealed by the length of Her silken dhoti, adorned by anklets of gold and pearl. The rest of Her shringar are in keeping with Her divine status as the presiding deity over wealth and resources and the wife of none other than the great Lord Vishnu.
The wide-set clavicles are concealed beneath the layers of necklaces. They spread about Her delicately rounded shoulders and gather betwixt the fecund curves of Her torso. Bejewelled amulets accentuate the beauty of Her long limbs, of which She has four. Indeed, She is the chaturbhujadharini, which is the norm when it comes to Her iconography independent of Her husband (next to Him, She is always the dvibhujadharini). The anterior hands bear the mudra of aashirvada (blessing) and abhaya (fearlessness). In Her posterior hands are a pair of wild, long-stemmed lotuses. Lotuses are a quintessential aspect of the Mahalakshmi iconography.
Each aspect of this murti has been infused with a lifelike quality. Such is the quality of the sculptor’s handiwork that the lotus petals seem to be quivering with life, and the Devi’s exquisite fingers to be gently stroking their thick stems. She directs upon the world an omniscient gaze, pouring forth from a handsomely arched brow.
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