Topic Research: Lakshmi's Avatars

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An image of Lakshmi, the Devi of good fortune.
(Source)

Lakshmi
One story would be that of Lakshmi and the churning of the Milky Ocean. In this story, Lakshmi's presence enables Indra to protect the world from demons, but he upsets her and causes her to leave to the Milky Ocean. Now he must churn up the Milky Ocean to bring her back so he can once again prevent chaos. Here is some more information about her.

Sita
For this story, I can use my week 3 story of Shoorpankha's Trick.

Padmavati
The story for this Avatar of Lakshmi I would tell the story of how Padmavati came to be. In this story, a sage kicks Vishnu's chest to wake him, and Lakshmi takes offense at Vishnu's response to this dishonor, and leaves him. Then, as a king is clearing land for a ritual, a lotus bursts from the ground containing a beautiful girl, Padmavati. She grows up, is recognized, and brought to Vishnu, who has taken up the name Venkatesha in the sorrow of her absence. I found this story here, among stories about Lakshmi's other avatars.

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