She plays on Her veena, both the musical instrument and the divine musician alike in slender and curvaceous form. Overtones of a coppery blue hue punctuate the lustre of the dark earth-coloured medium. A murti such as this one would add to the aesthetics and the solemnity of the sacred space wherein She may be installed.Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, art, expression, music, and intelligence. The goddess Saraswati is depicted in a sumptuous look, resting on a white lotus, that represents enlightenment, wisdom, and honesty, and the water on which the lotus is raised expresses the perpetual stream of knowledge. She not only symbolizes wisdom but also one’s existence in the most eminent self. Goddess Saraswati according to the legend is one of the female Tridevis: Goddess Kali, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. Saraswati’s Vahana is Hamsa, the divine bird is said to hold the incredible ability to discriminate between reality and imagination, i.e, the balance between emotions and reason.Goddess Saraswati in this beautifully carved sculpture is holding Veena, the ‘divine instrument’ that has been the guiding blueprint of the development of music in Indian culture and the strings of the Veena is associated with human emotions. Goddess Saraswati can be seen in her typically illustrated way of holding the upper side of Veena with her left hand and the lower with the right, expressing her complete control over all departments of knowledge and her expertise to withstand and perform all parts of it. This Saraswati sculpture brings with it the blessings of Maa Saraswati to fill the devotee’s life with abundance in aspects of art, knowledge, expression, and music.
