Saraswati - The Goddess of Intelligence Saraswati or Sarasvati, also known as Bharati (eloquence), Shatarupa (existence), Vedamata ('mother of the Vedas'), Brahmi, Sarada, Vagisvari, and Putkari, is the Hindu goddess of learning, wisdom, music, aesthetics and speech. Saraswati is identified as the inventor of Sanskrit and, appropriately, gives Ganesha the gifts of pen and inks with which he wrote the great epic Mahabharata. The wife of Brahma, she is also a patron of the arts and sciences and worshipped as the goddess of learning in Jainism and several Buddhist sects.
Saraswati's name means 'elegant', 'flowing', and 'watery' No wonder her name is used as one of the rivers flowing from the Himalaya. Thus this sacred river too got personified into a deity.
Saraswati Idols