Saraswati
MythologyHindu
RoleGoddess of knowledge and music
About Saraswati
Consort of Brahma. Depicted playing the veena, a stringed instrument. Associated in the Vedas with a river of the same name. Patron of learning, speech, and the arts. Students seek her blessing before examinations, and her festival Vasant Panchami opens spring.
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