From the Bhakti List Archives
raghunath govindachari
• Thu Jun 22 1995 - 04:57:57 PDT
> NAMASTHE.
>
> Could someone explain why MahaLakshmi is called 'Bilva NilayAm' in
> Lakshmi-Ashtothram?(The verse is - BhaskarIm Bilva NilayAm.
> VarArohAyashsvinIm.....)
>
I don't know of any puraic evidence, but, in the Srirangam Thayar sannidhi,
there is a Vilva tree which is considered sacred. There is also
a special day every year when they dig at the base of the tree with a golden
spade etc. I have forgotten the significance of that event.
Raghu