TRIDEVI {LAKSHMI PARVATI SARASWATI}a three-in-one-goddess.Tri is Sanskrit for three,& devi is goddess ;the meaning is "shining one".Indian iconography is rich, complex,& ancient. Thoughts are expressed in picture form,& not just verbalised {Jai Mata Di} #Durga

1}Each of the three goddesses depicted as one, has a rich and complex "history of making", where ideas replace others, some merge and so on. Lakshmi is to the left Parvati is in the middle, & Saraswati, goddess of learning,music, arts, and much else, is to the right.

2{The triple-goddess is standing on a lotus, which is rich in mythological significance. For one thing it represents purity, for another thing it may be associated with chakras (wheels, padmas, vortexes, most of the main ones along the spine area).

3}Each devi has many arms, which represents several functions. One of their hand gestures is one of fearlessness - the abhaya mudra.

4}At times a devi is represented as having two arms, at other times four arms, and still other times as having eight arms, suggesting that each may effectuate many things. Each devi has a forehead decoration called bindi (tilak), which is a mark between the eyebrows.

5} It reminds of the third eye, which may be experienced in that area in some forms of advancing yoga- depending on methods. All Hindu women wear a bindi. Each goddess is crowned, suggesting Subtle Attainments, nobility - royalty, even lordship.

6}Also, a goddess typically has a consort: Saraswati has Brahma, God the Creator; Lakshmi has Vishnu; and Parvati has Shiva. Together they correspond to the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiv.

Pictures Art Credit;Priyam Baksi {priyam_digiart}