Saraswati Day – the Celebration of Knowledge
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 by ablteamOn Saturday 18th February 2006 the Balinese celebrate Saraswati Day.
Saraswati is the Balinese Goddess of knowledge, wisdom and the arts. She is one of most revered deities that Balinese Hindu’s worship and is depicted as a very beautiful woman with four arms carrying symbols related to science and the arts. Huge stone sculptures and images of the Goddess Saraswati at the front entrance of many Balinese schools and universities is evidence of the level of local respect towards education.
Most pictures were shot at Puputan Badung near Pura Jagad Natha where mass prayer of Saraswati is taking place.
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