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Saraswati begins circumambulating him in reverence. Not wishing to keep turning his face to see her, Brahma produced faces on the sides and back of his head. Sarasvati then leapt into the sky and a fifth face emerged from Brahma, looking upwards.
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (IAST: Svāmī Brahmānanda Sarasvatī) (21 December 1871 [1] – 20 May 1953), also known as Guru Dev (meaning "divine teacher"), was the Shankaracharya of the Jyotir Math monastery in India.
Dayananda Saraswati was born on the 10th day of waning moon in the month of Purnimanta Phalguna (12 February 1824) on the tithi to an Indian Hindu Brahmin family [14] in Tankara, Kathiawad region (now Morbi district of Gujarat).
Shri Narasimha Saraswati [3] (birth name - Shaligramadeva or Narhari) lived from 1378 to 1459 (Shaka 1300 to Shaka 1380). [4] Saraswati was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Karanjapura, modern-day Lad-Karanja (Karanja) in the Washim district, which is a part of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. [5]
Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c.1540–1640) was an Indian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition and devotee of Krishna. [2] He was the disciple of Viśveśvara Sarasvatī and Mādhava Sarasvatī.
Vasant Panchami, also rendered Vasanta Panchami [4] [5] and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region.
Saraswati is the goddess of learning, arts, and music, as well as the consort of Brahma, the creator. [4] Lakshmi is the goddess of fortune, wealth, fertility, auspiciousness, light, and material and spiritual fulfillment, as well as the consort of Vishnu, the maintainer or preserver. [5]
Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati (c. 1926 –23 August 2008) and four of his disciples were murdered on 23 August 2008 in the State of Odisha in India. Saraswati was a tribal activist, Hindu monk, and a Vishva Hindu Parishad leader. Seven Catholic Panos and one Maoist leader were convicted in the case.