What is Bhūmi?
{{unsourced|date=April 2021}} '''Bhumi''' is the [[Deity|goddess]] of earth in [[Hinduism]]. She is shown as a beautiful [[woman]] sitting on a [[Nelumbo nucifera|lotus]]. She has an [[owl]] as her vahana or [[vehicle]] . She plays major role in the Hindu epics ''[[Ramayana]]'' and ''[[Mahabharata]]''. She is always regarded as an equivalent to [[Leimarel Sidabi]], her Meitei counterpart. In ''Ramayana'', she is the [[mother]] of the goddess [[Sita]], wife of lord [[Rama]]. After Sita is sent to the forest, she gives birth to the twins Lava and Kusha. Later at the end, when she is asked to return to Ayodhya, she seeks refuge in her mother, the goddess Bhumi. In ''Mahabharata'', she incarnates herself as lord [[Krishna]]'s wife Satyabhama. She kills the asura (demon) Narakasura. In some South Indian traditions, she is depicted as a wife of [[Vishnu]], Bhumi. She is considered as an expansion of lordess [[Lakshmi]]. Bhumi is known for her patience and [[virtue]]. [[Category:Hindu gods and goddesses]]