Saraswati River
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The Saraswati River is a deified Rigvedic river first mentioned in the Rigveda and later in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an important role in the Vedic religion, appearing in all but the four
Vedic and present-day Ghaggar-Hakra river-course, with Aryavarta/Kuru kingdom, and pre-Harappan Hakra/Shutudri-Yamuna paleochannels as proposed by Clift et al. (2012) and Khonde et al. (2017). 1 = ancient river 2 = today's river 3 = today's Thar desert 4 = ancient shore 5 = today's shore 6 = today's town 7 = dried-up Harappan Hakra course, and pre-Harappan Sutlej paleochannels (Clift et al. (2012)).
A painting of goddess Saraswati by Raja Ravi Varma
Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj: The confluence of Ganges and Yamuna. Hindus believe that the mythical Saraswati also converges here.
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Saraswati
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Saraswati, also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, speech, arts, poetry, music, creativity, sciences, purifi
Saraswati River
…north-western India," but in the middle and late Rigvedic books, it is described as a small river ending in "a terminal lake (samudra)." As the goddess Saraswati, the other referent for the term "Saraswati" which developed into an independent identity in post-Vedic times, the river is also described as a powerful…
19th Century Mysore Painting of Saraswati.
Saraswati, 3rd century CE with veena, Manasa-Mandsaur area.
Saraswati with attendants, marble sculpture, c. 900 CE