Students join in prayer for Saraswati Puja celebration
The annual benefit brought together students from different religious backgrounds
“A prayer ceremony celebrating the goddess of knowledge and learning,” the Saraswati Puja is “very important for students here,” said College and Engineering sophomore Devika Mehta, one of the organizers. The Saraswati Puja is meant “to give you blessings for your studying endeavors for the year.” Saraswati is traditionallly revered as the water deity and represents the purity of knowledge ...