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Almost all Hindus worship the deities;Mata Saraswati,Mata Lakshmi and Ganesha and it is an integral part of the festival, Diwali.

Mata Lakshmi signifies fortune and prosperity, Mata Saraswati seating with her Veena represents knowledge and learning and Ganesha is the God who is the remover of all the obstacles.

It is believed that worshipping them during the Diwali festival enriches the happiness, wealth, wisdom and prosperity.

Mata Saraswati
The goddess of knowledge and the arts, embodies the wisdom of Devi.  She is the river of consciousness that enlivens creation.She is the goddess dawn who dispels the darkness of ignorance.To realize her one must go beyond the pleasures of the senses and rejoice in the serenity of the spirit. 

Saraswati nneither wears jewels nor uses any bright colors.  The white sari on her reflects the  purity.

She transcends the cravings of the flesh and rejoices in the powers of the mind as the patron of pure wisdom.  She embodies all that is pure and sublime in Nature

The four Vedas,are her offsprings.Her herald, the peacock, is a symbol of the arts and her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge.

The Birth
In the beginning everything existed in a formless state.  Brahma was thinking to bring to order when Mata Saraswati advised him to get it done with the use of Knowledge.

Heralded by a peacock, sacred books in one hand and a veena in the other hand,clad in white, Mata emerged from Brahma’s mouth ona swan as the Mata Saraswati.

“Knowledge helps man find possibilities where once he saw problems.”  Said the goddess.  Under her tutelage Brahma acquired the ability to sense, think, comprehend and communicate.  He began looking upon chaos with eyes of wisdom and thus saw the beautiful potential that lay therein.

Brahma discovered the melody of mantras in the cacophony of chaos.In his joy he named her as 'Vagdevi', the goddess of speech and sound.

The sound of mantras filled the universe with vital energy and life and the cosmos acquired a structure.The heaven,the ocean.the earth were formed.The sun began the routine of rise and set.the moon waxed and waned, the ocean had tide and ebb. The season cycle started. Plants bloomed and withered, animals reproduced and the universe was set to order.

Brahma thus became the creator of the world with Saraswati as his wisdom.

Saraswati was the first being to come into Brahma’s world.Brahma began to look upon her with eyes of desire.  She turned away saying, “All I offer must be used to elevate the spirit, not indulge the senses.”

Brahma could not control his amorous thoughts and his infatuation for the lovely goddess grew.  He continued to stare at Saraswati.  He gave himself four heads facing every direction so that he could always be able to feast his eyes on Saraswati’s beauty. 

Saraswati moved away from Brahma, first taking the form of a cow.  Brahma then followed her as a bull.  Saraswati then changed into a mare; Brahma gave chase as a horse.  Every time Saraswati turned into a bird or a beast he followed her as the corresponding male equivalent.  No matter how hard Brahma tried he could not catch Saraswati in any of her forms.

The goddess with multiple forms came to be known as 'Shatarupa'.She personified material reality, alluring yet fleeting.