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Saraswati
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, learning, music and the arts, also identified in the Rigveda with a sacred river. She is usually shown dressed in white, seated on a lotus or accompanied by a swan and playing the veena. Worshipped by students, scholars and musicians, she is also revered in Jainism and Buddhism, and her festival of Vasant Panchami is celebrated across India.
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