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29/10/22 06:03 AM IST

Put Lakshmi-Ganesha photo on currency notes

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  • Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal recently urged the Centre to put up the photo of Lord Ganesha and goddess Lakshmi on fresh currency notes in a bid to "get the economy back on track”.
Coinage in India 
  • India has a long tradition of coinage with images of gods and goddesses.
  • Kushanas: According to historians, the Kushans, who hailed from the Central Asian region and ruled till the 3rd century AD, were the first to use the image of Goddess Lakshmi on their coins, along with Ardochsho, the Iranic Goddess of wealth.
  • Gupta rulers: Similarly, on the coins of the Gupta Empire one can witness forms of Durga, Laxmi and Ganga.
  • Mohammed Ghori: coins with Goddess Lakshmi issued by Mohammed bin Sam, known to us as Mohammed Ghori after defeating Prithviraj Chauhan in the battle of Terrain in 1192 AD.
  • Vijayanagara Kingdom: Harihara –II (1377-1404) introduced coins that had Brahma-Saraswati, Vishnu-Lakshmi and Shiva-Parvati.
  • British Raj: The British East India Co. at Madras Presidency minted coins labelled as the Three Swamy Pagoda, which depicts Lord Balaji flanked by Sridevi and Bhudevi on either side.
  • French and Dutch: The tradition of minting coins to win the confidence of local people continued when the French and Dutch minted coins showing Vishnu between 1715 and 1774 and Goddess Kali in the late 17th century.
Source- Hindustan Times 

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