Hindu Goddess Saraswati Statue

HINDU GODDESS SARASWATI FIGURINE GIFTS & COLLECTIBLES The Goddess Saraswati is often depicted as a beautiful, white-skinned woman dressed in pure white often seated on a lotus flower which symbolizes that she is founded in the experience of the Absolute Truth. Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music and the arts. Saraswati has been identified with the Vedic Saraswati River. She is considered as consort of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Thus, with the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati or Durga, she forms the Tridevi "three goddesses", who are consorts of the male trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, respectively.Wielding in her lotus hands the bell, trident, ploughshare, conch, pestle, discus, bow, and arrow, her lustre is like that of a moon shining in the autumn sky. She is born from the body of Gowri and is the sustaining base of the three worlds. The Maha Saraswati I worship here who destroyed Sumbha and other asuras. This beautiful figuirne of Goddess Saraswati measures 6 inches tall x 5 inches wide. Item# MY7485