Mata Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge. She is associated with wisdom, music, art, and learning. Along with Lakshmi and Parvati, she is one of the three main goddesses of Hinduism.

But when she sings a mother’s song it is as if all the maternal feelings in the entire universe are being expressed in her voice. That’s why I call her my Mata Saraswati,” the much-missed ...