For the Divine Mother of the Universe (w/ Nivedita Gunturi)
The Emerald
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The Goddess, the Animating Force, Is the Substrat of Existence
Onilaswami: Saraswati has been deanimated, placed on the unattainable pedestal of conceptuality. She writes that her movements are felt, her voices heard and her presence is experienced. To speak of her, he says, one had to speak first of the relationship of animate forces to places. For the goddess is inseparable from the place; she is Minakshi, Chintpurni, Kamakshi, Kamakya. These are all goddesses and they are places.
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