Showing posts with label Images: Saraswati. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Images: Saraswati. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2019

Image: Saraswati



Saraswati

Kalighat album, circa 1880.
From the San Diego Museum of Art (Flickr).

More about Saraswati at Wikipedia.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Image: Ganesha, Saraswati and Shiva in Japan



Benzaiten, Kangiten and Bishamonten

Daishō-in Temple

(Wikimedia)

For more about Ganesha as Kangiten, Saraswati as Benzaiten and Shiva as Daikokuten in Japan see Wikipedia, and also more about Daisho-in Temple.






Sunday, March 26, 2017

Image: Lakshmi and Saraswati



Lakshmi and Saraswati
circa 1910
(Ravi Varma Press)

Wikipedia has more information
about Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity,
and Saraswati, goddess of wisdom.

Lakshmi with the two elephants is sometimes called Gajalakshmi.


Saturday, December 24, 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Image: Lakshmi and Saraswati



A Kalighat of Lakshmi and Saraswati 
(19th century; Christie's)

More about the goddess Lakshmi and Saraswati at Wikipedia, and also about the Kalighat style. This "Blue Saraswati" is a form of the goddess Tara.