Apparently Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu. Parvati is the wife of Shiva.
(Which makes sense if you follow the old tradition of matched husband-wife pairings that arose in similarly joined cities. For example, if Varanasi is the city of Shiva then Mugalsarai, the city across the river, would be the city of Parvati. Don't know if that's true or not, just extrapolating based on ancient history.)
Still, Shiva has resonated with me. We visited several Shiva-associated shrines and temples today around Bangalore, including the Big Bull Temple and one of the oldest lingam-cave temples in all of India. I find this fascinating to no end.
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