SARASWATI
Saraswati is a goddess of knowledge, arts, and wisdom. She is the light which fights against darkness of ignorance. She prevents the world from turning into chaos (disorder) and confusion. Saraswati wears white clothes and wears no jewelry. That shows that she rejects all that is materialistic. She is connected with swan and peacock. Swan represents pure knowledge, and peacock symbolizes arts. Schools and libraries are considered as Saraswati’s temples. Her symbols are all the things that people use to get knowledge or to produce pieces of art.
Saraswati was born when Brahma decided to turn Chaos into something better, in order to do that, he needed knowledge. Saraswati is a personification of that knowledge and wisdom. With knowledge and wisdom, people were able to solve different problems and live better.
Since Saraswati was very beautiful, Brahma fell in love with her. And that’s how desire was created and prevented people from being completely happy. Saraswati had to run away from Brahma- Finally, Bhairava and Shiva saved her.
While creating the world, Brahma was helped by two goddesses; Saraswati- the goddess of knowledge, and Lakshmi- the goddess of wealth. So, a question rose: which one was more necessary in that process? Lakshmi said that people needed to eat in order to live. Saraswati replied that there wouldn’t be life without food, but without knowledge life wouldn’t have any meaning.
Saraswati helped the world in many ways. Once, Shiva decided to burn and destroy the world because it was corrupt and impure. Saraswati turned into pure water and didn’t allow Shiva’s fire to burn the world. She said that Shiva had wanted to destroy the world because of its impurity. As long as people kept wisdom and purity, the world would be safe. In that way, Saraswati taught the people to live safely and happily.
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