There are many symbolic flowers associated with Śrī Viṣṇu & Śrī Lakṣmī and other deities. Though, lotus flowers are the most symbolic flowers associated with Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa.
Lotus flowers are the most favourite of Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa and most dear to them.
One of Nārāyaṇa’s names is Kamalanayana, which means “he whose eyes are like the lotus [flowers]”, he is also known as Padmanābha, which means “he whose navel is like the lotus”.
Lakṣmī is also known as Kamalā, Padmā, Padmāvatī, Padmākṣī, Sarōjanilayā, Padminī, Padmālayā, etc.
Kamalā means “she who resembles the lotus” or “she who is like the lotus [in form]” and Padmā means the same exact thing. Padmāvatī means “she who bears the lotus flower”. Padmākṣī means “she whose eyes are like lotuses”.
Sarōjanilayā and Padmālayā both mean “She who resides in a lotus”. Padminī means “she who is like a lotus”.
In Sanātana Dharma i.e. Hindūism, lotus flowers symbolize purity, creation, fertility, prosperity, spiritual enlightenment, etc. And those are some of the the many, many attributes of Śrī Lakṣmī and Śrī Viṣṇu.
Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa are offered lotus flowers, when being worshipped, only if they are available to the devotees, of course. Otherwise, whichever flowers available can be used to worship Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa.
🪷 Śrī Lakṣmīnārāyaṇābhyām Namaḥ! 🙏🏼🪷
