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Welcome back to an another interesting article on Hindu culture. This time I am writing about Goddess Saraswati.  Hinduism has numerous Gods and Goddesses. Many Greek gods resemble our Hindu gods, details are there in my history book "Itihaas Saga of India"  (To order click here ). Greek Goddess Athena has all the similarities to Hindu Goddess Saraswati. Goddess Saraswati is a goddess of wisdom, voice, music, art and as well as knowledge. She is one of the female trinity of Gods, and wife of the creator Brahma. Why Goddess Saraswati wears White? We always see Goddess Saraswati wearing white saree, white pearls, sitting on white lotus, and riding the white Swan. The reason behind this colour is, white is a colour of peace and knowledge. Unless we are in peace we can not imbibe the knowledge. Why Goddess Saraswati is on Lotus?   Lotus bloom in mud, mud means darkness and lotus means knowledge, one can fill his/ her darkness by gathering knowledge. Even after ...