SARASVATI
The goddess Sarasvati, shown on the medal to the left, is of
ancient origin. She was originally the tutelary deity of the
Sarasvati River, but when an as-yet-unexplained ecological
tragedy overtook that body of water and it dried up in prehistoric times, the
civilization that honoured her was absorbed by those of
neighboring regions and she became instead a goddess of
music and song. Thus she is depicted here in her contemporary form, playing a
musical instrument called the vina.
As was the case with
most of the regional Indian goddesses, Sarasvati was
paired off with an appropriate god, and in her case, the
deity with whom she is associated is Brahma, the
Creator. Their union is more of a formality than a
cosmic marriage, though, for Brahma is not the focus of much
popular worship these days, while Sarasvati is considered to be the particular
benefactress of singers and musicians. She is often
portrayed in the company of a pair of swans, perhaps a
hold-over from her days as a water-goddess. Hindu
devotionary prints and posters sometimes place her alongside the elephant-headed god Ganesha, the patron of writers, and
the goddess Laksmi, the bestower of wealth and good fortune.
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