"This picture was captured by iReporter <a href=""http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-880798"">Rohan Pavgi</a> and displays miniature-statues of the Goddess Lakshmi for sale in a market in Pune, India. He says the neat manner in which the statues are aligned emphasizes an important part of Hindu beliefs and tradition.""[Lakshmi] is worshiped by those who wish to acquire or to preserve wealth. It is believed that (wealth) goes only to those houses which are clean and where the people are hardworking,"" he says. ""She does not visit the places which are dirty or where the people are lazy."""
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