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Exploring Goddess Saraswati

Exploring Goddess Saraswati

I always remember when I was a child starting my first day back at school on the table mum would have curds, ghee and sugar to wish us luck for the new term ahead. We would seek blessings from our parents touching their feet and do Jai Jai to Goddess Saraswati. Goddess Saraswati the goddess of learning, art, music, speech, wisdom and knowledge, but who is Goddess Saraswati? Let’s find out more… The Jai Jais Way.

Saraswati's name means 'elegant', 'flowing', and 'watery'. She is also known as Bharati-eloquence, Shatarupa-existence, Vedamata mother of the Vedas, Brahmi, Sarada, Vagisvari, and Putkari. As Vac, she is the goddess of speech. Saraswati first appears in the Rigveda and, in later religious texts.

Why do we avoid touching books with our feet?

Why do we avoid touching books with our feet?

As a child and even with both of my children we were always told never touch a book with our feet.  If by accident we stepped on a book we would always apologise.  Recently my youngest stepped on a book whilst playing and my eldest son Syon said, “Dhiyan say sorry you just stood a book.. say sorry to Saraswati books give you knowledge”.  I had not even told him that he must have got it from the Jai Jais lol!! This is what my belief and teachings actually has been, but I wanted to know more and find out The Jai Jais Way.