Two Goddess Temples in Northern Germany



Photo © 2004 Annette Wilke/The Pluralism Project



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The top photo shows the former altar of Vishnu-Narayana (Jan. 2003) which included a "dharmic picture" of the cosmic Vishvarupa form of Lord Krishna (Bhagavad-Gita 11), a blue-painted child Krishna with a peacock-feather crown (visible behind the Vishvarupa poster), and a slightly damaged paper-mache icon of the goddess Lakshmi. This Lakshmi image, bought in Germany, was the very first icon in the temple. Originally, it was this Lakshmi who was being worshipped as Navacakti Nayaki whereas the other gods were only respresented by posters. In March 2003 she was removed from the shrine as well as the two Krishna representations. In their place the Vaishnava group of deities in the photo below was installed: a metal Vishnu-Narayana flanked by Lakshmi and Bhudevi. Top photo: 5.1.2003; bottom photo: 15.4.2003.