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Saraswati (also Sarasvati) is the Hindu goddess of learning, wisdom, music, and aesthetics. She is also known as Bharati (eloquence), Shatarupa (existence), Vedamata ('mother of the Vedas'), Brahmi, Sarada, Vagisvari, and Putkari. As Vac...

Hindu goddess Saraswati (Sarasvati) by Raja Ravi Varma, 19th century. She is depicted with the classical Indian instrument the vina and a peacock, one of her vehicles. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music and all the creative arts. Saraswati is called the Mother of the Veda's and the repository of Brahma's creative intelligence. Saraswati is also called Vak Devi, the goddess of speech. Dressed...

A granite statue of the Hindu goddess Saraswati (Sarasvati) from the Brihadeshwara temple, Gangaikondacholapuram, Tamil Nadu, India. c. 1025 CE.

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