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{{Short description|Hindu goddess}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| image = File:Goddess Padmavati.jpg
| name = Padmavati
| caption = Image of Padmavati
| other_names = {{hlist|Alamelu Manga|Alar Mel Mangai}}
| animals =
| venerated_in = [[Sri Vaishnavism]]
| affiliation = [[Avatar]] of [[Lakshmi]]
| temple = [[Padmavati Temple|Padmavati Temple, Tiruchanur]]
| consort = [[Venkateshvara]]
| parents = Akasha Raja, Dharani Devi
| mount = Elephant
| deity_of =
| symbol = Golden Lotus
}}
[[File:Padmavathi Ammavari Temple.JPG|thumb|right|[[Padmavati Temple|Padmavati Temple, Tiruchanur]]]]
'''Padmavati''' ({{langx|sa|पद्मावती|lit=she of the lotus}}), also known as '''Alarmel Mangai''' ({{langx|ta|அலர்மேல் மங்கை|lit=Goddess at top of Lotus}})<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn7NDN5c1l8C&dq=padmavati+alamelu&pg=PA401 South India handbook: the travel guide] by Robert Bradnock, Roma Bradnock.</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=அலர்மேல் மங்கை |date=2023-03-25 |work=தமிழ் விக்சனரி |url=https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88 |access-date=2025-01-07 |language=ta}}</ref> or '''Alamelu Manga'''<ref name="Dalal">{{cite encyclopedia |surname=Dalal |given=Roshen |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |year=2010 |url={{Google books|DH0vmD8ghdMC|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |place=New Delhi |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |page=291}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn7NDN5c1l8C&dq=padmavati+alamelu&pg=PA401 South India handbook: the travel guide] by Robert Bradnock, Roma Bradnock.</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=அலர்மேல் மங்கை |date=2023-03-25 |work=தமிழ் விக்சனரி |url=https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88 |access-date=2025-01-07 |language=ta}}</ref> is a [[Devi|Hindu goddess]] and the consort of the deity [[Venkateshvara|Venkateshwara]], a form of [[Vishnu]]. She is described as the adopted daughter of a local king and an [[avatar]] of goddess [[Lakshmi]], the consort of Vishnu.<ref name="Dalal" /><ref>{{cite book |author=Pattanaik, D. |title=Vishnu: an introduction |place=Mumbai |publisher=Vakils, Feffer and Simons |year=1999 |page=69}}</ref>

The most prominent shrine of Padmavati is [[Padmavathi Temple|Padmavati Ammavari Temple]] situated at [[Tiruchanur]], a suburb of [[Tirupati]]. Tradition dictates that every pilgrim to Tirupati must offer obeisance at this temple before visiting the [[Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala]], the central temple of her consort.

[[File:Painting of Padmavati.jpg|thumb|Painting of Padmavati, Koodal Alagar Temple, Madurai]]

==Hymns==
Padmavathi is a major deity in Hinduism worshipped as an aspect of the goddess [[Lakshmi]] and her second aspect, [[Bhumi (goddess)|Bhumi]].<ref name="Dalal" /> It is believed that her intercession is indispensable to gaining the favour of the lord, it is also believed that Lakshmi is omnipresent, illimitable, and the bestower of [[Moksha|moksham]] along with Vishnu in [[Sri Vaishnavism]].

==See also==
*[[Padmavathi Temple, Tiruchanur]]
*[[Tiruchanur]]
*[[Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam]], a university named after Padmavati
*[[Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur]]
*[[Ammavaru]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060113170607/http://www.tirumala.org/ptv_tpt_tiruchanoor.htm The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanam website]
*[http://www.alamelumanga.org Sri Venkatdhvari Kavi's Sri Lakshmi Saharam Praising Alarmelmanga Thayar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202032152/http://www.alamelumanga.org/ |date=2 February 2010 }}

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[[Category:Forms of Lakshmi]]
[[Category:Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]]
[[Category:Hindu goddesses]]

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