Tag: saraswati

  • Navaratri – Celebrating the Goddesses

    The spirit of Navaratri – a festival of nine (-nava) nights (-ratri) is a vibrant reminder to us of the power of the feminine in our lives. One aspect of the feminine is shakti – often described as power, or energy. The significance of shakti is perhaps explained best by the two words Shiva-Shakti. Shiva…

  • Vasant Panchami – Saraswati Puja

    Vasant Panchami (also known as Basant Panchami) is a festival in honor of Goddess Saraswati, the hindu Goddess of education, learning and the fine arts (music, writing, painting, etc.). The festival is celebrated on the fifth (panch) day after the new moon (amavasaya) in the month of Magha according to the Hindu calendar (usually occurs…

  • Saraswati Gayatri Mantra Meaning and Relevance

    Saraswati Gayatri Mantra The Saraswati Gayatri is a mantra written specifically to invoke Goddess Saraswati, in the 24-metre tradition of the original Gayatri Mantra. The transliterated version, along with the sanskrit version is given below: AUM vaakdevayyI ch: viddhmahe virinji patniyyI ch: dhImahi tanno.n vaaNi prachodayaat.h. ॐ वाकदेव्य्यी च: विद्धमहे, विरिन्जी पत्निय्यी च: धीमहि, तन्नो…

  • Goddess Saraswati Bestower of Arts, Music and Education

    Goddess Saraswati is universally recognized in Hinduism as the Goddess of learning and knowledge. Students in any and all fields of learning, particularly in music, education and arts, pray to Saraswati for success…

  • Goddess Gayatri, History of Gayatri Mantra

    Gayatri Devi is an incarnation of Saraswati Devi, symbolising the shakti (strength) and dev (quality) of Knowledge, Purity and Virtue. Includes several audio extracts of the Gayatri Mantra which will help in correct pronunciation. Audio by Ravi Shankar, Ratan Mohan Sharma, Pandit Jasraj.

  • Significance of the Vedas in Hinduism

    I am often asked the question whether a particular mantra can be chanted or recited by a particular person from a particular caste. I am also often asked if certain mantras can be chanted by women. The answer to all such questions was eloquently given by one of the greatest reformers of the 19th century…