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She is portrayed as a serene woman with a radiant white complexion, dressed in white attire, representing the quality of sattva (goodness). She has four arms, each holding a symbolic object: a book, a rosary, a water pot, and a musical instrument known as the veena. Beside her is her mount, either a hamsa (white goose or swan) or a peacock. [1]
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Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Seonsar Forest, is situated in Kaithal district of Haryana State, India. It is spread over an area of 4,452.85 hectares (11,003.2 acres). [1] Kalesar National Park, Morni Hills and Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary are respectively first, second and third largest forest in Haryana. [2]
Dayananda Saraswati's creation, the Arya Samaj, condemned practices of several different religions and communities, including such practices as idol worship, animal sacrifice, pilgrimages, priest craft, offerings made in temples, the castes, child marriage, meat eating and discrimination against women.
Airavata is referenced in the song "The Animal Tent" on the album The Circus by The Venetia Fair: Here comes Airavata; the elephant controls the rainclouds, His skin the rumbling earth (Airavata!) Airavata is the name of the Volvo bus service that Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation provides.
Benzaiten (shinjitai: 弁才天 or 弁財天; kyūjitai: 辯才天, 辨才天, or 辨財天, lit. "goddess of eloquence", Benten, Chinese: 辯才天, Biancaitian) is an East Asian Buddhist goddess (technically a Dharmapala, "Dharma protector") who originated from the Hindu deity Saraswati; goddess of speech, the arts, and learning.
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. [1] There are five species of this monkey, and at least eight subspecies. [1] They are generally found in high-density forests where they forage on leaves, flowers and fruit.
Shri Nischalananda Saraswati was born as Neelambar Jha in Maithil Brahmin Family in Madhubani in 1943, the son of the raj-Pandita of Maharaja of Darabhanga. [4] He decided to enter sanyasa while studying at Tibbia College (Science) and spent time studying the shastras in Kashi, Vrindavan, Naimisaranya, Shringeri, and other places.