Lakshmi is represented in art and sculpture either by herself or with her husband, Vishnu. She is usually seated on a lotus flower—full-breasted, broad-hipped, beneficently smiling—and she is sometimes accompanied by a pair of elephants pouring water over her (an image commonly referred to as “Gaja Lakshmi,” gaja meaning “elephant”). Her vehicle is the white owl Uluka. She is commonly represented as a beautiful four-armed woman wearing red and gold, colors symbolizing good fortune and wealth.
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