August 2025

Table of Contents Saraswati at a Glance What Our Texts Say The Rigveda often celebrates Saraswati as a mighty, nourishing river—“best of mothers, best of rivers,” a life-giver and purifier. In the Mahabharata, we find episodes set along or referencing Saraswati’s course, with hints that some sections were once perennial and later became seasonal. Across