Goddess Saraswati On a Kirtimukha Chowki

Saraswati's name means 'elegant', 'flowing' and 'watery' . She is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning. She is also a part of the trinity (Tridevi) of Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva to create, maintain, and regenerate the Universe, respectively. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic period through modern times of Hindu traditions.

The iconography of the pure Saraswati is shown amazingly as her figurine gracefully seats itself over a black-painted, wooden Kirtimukha chowki that is adorned with fantastic, gold colored artistic designs. The virtuous deity is painted in gold and festooned with jewels that compliment her beauty that is enhanced by her prettily carved apparel. The figurine stuns the eye of the onlooker in disbelief as the splendid Veena(musical instrument) rests in one of her hands, producing an exemplary melody that bewitches your mind with commendable beauty.

Saraswati is celebrated as a feminine deity with healing and purifying powers of abundant, flowing waters and is the daughter of Lord Brahma and Goddess Durga. It is believed that goddess Saraswati endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom, and learning. She has four hands representing four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego, even representing higher spiritual knowledge, along with this, she has the ability to bring order out of chaos, therefore, she acts as a strength for all devout Hindus.