SARASWATI DEVI
Saraswati is the goddess of Knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning. She is a part of the trinity of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvathi.
The Goddess Saraswati is often depicted as a beautiful women dressed in pure white, often seated on a white lotus, which symbolizes light, knowledge and truth.
The four hands hold items like book, mala or Rosary, a water pot and a musical instrument. The book she holds symbolizes the Vedas representing the Universal, divine, eternal, and true knowledge as well as all forms of learning. A mala of crystals, representing the power of meditation, inner reflection and spirituality. A pot of water represents power to purity the right from wrong, the clean from unclean, and the essence from the misleading. The musical instrument, typically a Veena, represents all creative arts and sciences.
When Brahma undertakes the creation of the world through creative speech, the goddess Sarawathi is born in his mouth or tounge.
Another Legend tells, Brahma created his beautiful daughter Saraswathi direct from his vital strength. Thus, Saraswati had no mother. Saraswati is the daughter of Lord Brahma. When Brahma saw the beauty of Saraswati he became amorous. To escape from her father's passionate approach Saraswati ran to the lands in all four directions, but she could not escape from her father. She finally succumbed to Brahma's wish. Finally Brahma and Saraswati married each other.
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