Goddess Saraswati Reaches Kolkata in Tana Rickshaw Notebook (Medium)

The Hamsa (swan or goose) is the sacred mount (Vahana) of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge, arts, music, and wisdom. The association symbolizes the power of discrimination between good and evil, the real and the unreal, and the eternal and the evanescent. Here we have humorously compared the Swan as Tana Rickshaw.

Tana rickshaws (hand-pulled) in Kolkata are a century-old, iconic, and controversial form of human-powered transport, marking the city as perhaps the last place in the world to operate them. Introduced by the British in the 19th century, they remain in use for short distances, especially for carrying goods and navigating flooded lanes during monsoons.