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Temple legend · 4 tellings · contested

Saraswati's temples: Sharada in Kashmir, Basar, Koothanur

How the goddess of learning came to be seen at her few temples: Shandilya's journey in Kashmir, Vyasa's sand images at Basar, the poet's village at Koothanur, and her spring festival in Bengal.

Saraswati, Shandilya, Ganesha

East India The Himalaya South India