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Lakshmi

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Lakshmi: see Hinduism Hinduism , Western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority of the people of India. One of the oldest living religions in the world, Hinduism is unique among the world religions in that it had no single founder but grew over a period of 4,000
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Lakshmi

 or Laksmi

Hindu and Jain goddess of wealth and good fortune. The consort of Vishnu, she is said to have taken different forms to be with him in each of his incarnations. She is a principal object of worship during Divali, when her presence is sought in homes, temples, and businesses for the whole of the year to come.

Lakshmi 

(Sri, the Beautiful), in the pantheon of Hinduism the goddess of beauty, love, happiness, and wealth, wife of the god Vishnu and mother of Kama, the god of love. According to myth, Lakshmi appeared from the foam of the milk-ocean (when the gods churned it), seated on a lotus, and the Hindus consider this flower the symbol of Lakshmi. Following her husband in his earthly incarnations, she was Sita, the wife of Rama, and Rukmini, beloved of Krishna. In Hinduism, the autumn festival, Divali, honors the goddess Lakshmi.
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A surgical team of around 30 took away what amounted to Lakshmi Tatma's headless twin sister, who was joined to her at the pelvis and did not develop or separate properly in the womb.
New life for girl with eight limbs by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
A team of 30 surgeons began an extraordinary 40-hour bid to separate little Lakshmi from the unborn twin she absorbed in the womb.
40-hour op bid on eight limb girl by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Lakshmi has two bodies fused at the spine and sharing a circulation.
30 doctors and 40-hour operation to save life of eight-limbed girl ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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