Benzaiten

Japan and Religion 

Spread Of Hinduism 500 BC

Saraswati

According to the Rigveda, Saraswati is a river but started losing her significance as a river in the post-Vedic age. She started being associated with literature, arts, music etc. In Hinduism, Saraswati is symbolic of intelligence, consciousness, creativity and education.

                                                               Benzaiten (Japan)

The Sarasvati Divinity in Japan is associated with different faculties like music, sweet voice, wealth, fortune, beauty, happiness, eloquence, wisdom and as one who confers strength on warriors.

Goddess of Knowledge and Intelligence (India and Japan)

Benzaiten Temples In Japan

Sarasvati and Her forms are popular divinities in the land of Japan. There are 131 temples of Sarasvati in the city of Tokyo alone as recorded in the census of 1832. This shows the prevalence of Sarasvati worship as an intrinsic ethos of Japanese culture.

India Or Japan 

Saraswati Or Benzaiten

Maruti or Suzuki

Knowledge Unites Us All

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Knowledge Unites Us All