Saraswati Devi represents intelligence, consciousness, cosmic knowledge, creativity, education, enlightenment, music, the arts, eloquence and power. Saraswati Devi Puja is the way to please the Godess. Saraswati devi is the wife of Lord Brahma and possesses the powers of speech, wisdom and learning.
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of universal knowledge, sciences, music and creative arts. As the consort of Lord Brahma, she represents enlightenment, intellect, eternal wisdom and learning. Saraswati epitomizes the creative power of Brahma, the Creator of the universe. She is the ‘Vaghdevi’, the Goddess eloquent speech and sound. She is traditionally draped in a white saree and has a white swan as her vehicle; the white symbolizes the essence of purity or Sattva Guna and the swan stands for spiritual attainment and true liberation. The white swan is also said to be able to separate the milk from a mixture of milk and water and thereby represents the supreme faculty of discrimination between the good and the evil or between the transcendental and the ephemeral.
The four arms of the Goddess Saraswati stand for the four elements of the inner self of the learner – the mind, the intellect, the consciousness, and the ego. With one hand she holds the Vedas or the holy Scriptures (symbolizing true knowledge) and has a lotus – a symbol of light of knowledge and truth – in another. Sometimes she is seated on a lotus and holding a rosary which symbolizes meditation and spirituality in her hand instead. With the remaining two hands, she holds a string instrument called the Veena that symbolizes creative arts and all other knowledge. It also represents supreme knowledge that helps man to attune himself with the Supreme Being and realize the harmony in the universe. Saraswati is associated with the love for the rhythms of music which symbolizes all human emotions and feelings.
Every student, whether he studies in a school, college or university, should hold Saraswati Puja. People engaged in knowledge production, creative arts and crafts – writers, musicians, singers, intellectuals and scientists – should also seek blessings from Goddess Saraswati. Saraswati Puja is observed by devotees so that they are blessed by the Goddess with powers of true learning and creative skills. The Saraswati Devi Puja is celebrated in educational institutions, temples or privately in home. Students should dutifully observe the Saraswati Puja if they wish to attain greater concentration in their lessons and succeed in the examinations with brilliance. It helps in removing the obstacles in their educational and professional career-paths. On the day of the Saraswati Puja, all objects related to education and creative arts, like the books, writing pads, pens, musical instruments or tools of art and craft, are therefore placed before the Goddess to seek her blessings on them. Worshiping the Goddess also helps one to achieve an inner calm of mind and therefore facilitates learning by making one more attentive and increasing the memorizing powers to an great extent. It gives one great command over his or her desired subject of learning or the craft he or she wishes to practice. It is also beneficial to hold Saraswati Puja at the time of inaugurating a new educational institution or an arts and crafts studio. On this day, an auspicious ceremony is also celebrated where small kinds are initiated to the process of learning by making them write their first alphabets before the Goddess.
Benefits of Saraswati Puja:
Devotee get blessed with great and intelligent skills.
Knowledge of desired subject or activity.
Concentration in education and they command success in their exams.
Attain supreme knowledge.
Begin start of a school,college,university.
Remove obstacles coming in the way of education and career.
Attain peaceful mind.
Accelerate learning make memory more intense, sharp and stronger.
