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Published 11:33 IST, October 12th 2020

Kangana Ranaut praises Salma Hayek's post on Goddess Lakshmi; slams 'unfortunate souls'

Kangana Ranaut praised Hollywood star's Salma Hayek's post on Goddess Lakshmi and highlighted beliefs and principles from India becoming popular worldwide.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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It’s not just Yoga that has been lapped up by people across the world, numerous other principles and beliefs from India are also popular globally. This was evident with Salma Hayek recently revealing that she meditated focusing on Goddess Lakshmi, and felt immense joy with it. The Hollywood star’s post received a strong response from Kangana Ranaut, who highlighted how people across the world followed Indian Gods and scriptures, but hit out at those mocking faith. 

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Kangana reacts to Salma Hayek's post on Goddess Lakshmi 

Reacting to Salma Hayek’s post, Kangana wrote that she had seen unexpectedly seen people believing in Krishna, Shiva, Devi, Rama and reading Bhagwad Geeta across the world. The actor, however, highlighted that in India, ‘unfortunate souls’ mocked  Bhakti (devotion).’ She added that it was not people choosing devotion ‘rather devotion that chooses us.’

READ: Karnataka Court Orders Police To Register FIR Against Kangana For Her 'anti-farmer' Tweet

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Describing  Lakshmi as one who represented ‘wealth, fortune, love, beauty, Māyā, joy and prosperity’, Salma had written that she meditated focusing on the Goddess whenever she wanted to ‘connect to her inner beauty’. The Desperado star wrote that her image made her feel joyful and that ‘joy was the greatest door to inner beauty.'

Bipasha Basu was among the other Bollywood stars who had reacted and termed it ‘amazing.’

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Kangana on work front

Meanwhile, on the professional front, Kangana recently wrapped a schedule of Thalavi in Hyderabad. She plays the role of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha in the film. She also has films like Dhaakad and Tejas in her kitty 

READ:Salma Hayek Reveals She Worships Goddess Lakshmi To Connect With Her "inner Beauty"

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11:33 IST, October 12th 2020