Uluka, the owl, is a lesser known vehicle of Goddess Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth and prosperity. Uluka is mainly associated with the opposite form of Goddess Lakshmi – Alakshmi, the Goddess of inauspiciousness. The owl associated with Laxmi is also known as Pechaka and is worshipped in eastern parts of
In some regions, Uluka symbolizes wisdom and intelligence because of its ability to foretell events. But in majority of the regions, owl is a bird of ill omen and symbolically represents darkness, disgrace, inauspiciousness and misfortune.
Uluka becomes the vehicle of Goddess Lakshmi when the wealth and prosperity provided by Goddess Lakshmi is used by human beings for Adharmic activities. Symbolically, the wealth provided by Lakshmi blinds the person and takes to dishonesty and avarice. Blinded by the wealth they become greedy and destroy themselves.
It is also said that a wise person on seeing an owl with Goddess Lakshmi realizes the trap of wealth and its splendor. For such a person, the owl is the symbol of wisdom as the person uses the wealth for positive purposes.
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Hello sir, i live in a farm house, an area truely close to nature ( forest on one side & quite away from city) This morning i saw an owl inside our house on 3rd floor which is stil under constructiong & hence open and the owl was sitting inside on a table which is used for civil works. Is this a bad omen or a good one. what does it segnify? Is there any remedies? kindly reply as soon as possible as this issue is bothering me quite a bit.
@ pooja please do not read too much into such natural incidents. Watch it with curiosity and enjoy it and forget it. There is no bad omen or good omen for such incidents.
I often find an owl sitting on one corner of my house. It is the best spot it has in our area to hide from predators.
THank you so much! I recently was very drawn to a picture of a goddes with an owl, I felt like it was laskmi, but was questioning, and then the woman I got it from, told me it was lakshmi, but did not know anything about it, but that it is rare to find a picture and good luck! I have been working with owl medicine for so long and also seperately studying and interacting with different hindu dieties...Jai Ma! I am so grateful! thank you.
Thanks for sharing such a valuable knowledge. my few southindian friends were not ready to believe me when i told them that the owl is a vahana of goddess laxmi. through your blog only i showd them the truth.
Since when is Laxmi worshiped? Since when is the image/idol associated with Laxmi i.e. that of a woman holding a chalice with gold pouring out etc symbolizes wealth? Is the image of Laxmi inspired from Ishtar, aAssyrian and Babylonian goddess associated with fertility, love, war, and sex. Btw Ishtar is shown standing between owls.
we want to know if statues or idols of owls can be kept at home according to our hindu vasthu ? and if yes what kind of material should it be in ?
@ Manjula...Yes they can be kept at home. If can be of any material.
@krishna thanks a lot for answering my question.
i have owl sitting on my chimney 12yrs back ,once again and to day also at one there were two of them on my chimney soon after that I lost all my fortune 12 yrs back i got a pooja done and again it came today early morning i am very much concerned can you advice regarding this
The picture in this blog post is so beautiful! Could you please tell me where it came from?
hi guys,
today at my home near my window an owl was found. My frnds believe its an bad sign and now m tensed with the statements. Is it good luck or bad luck?????
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