“Swan (hamsa), is a bird of S elegance, beauty and purity. She is compared to a saintly person who is unattached to worldly desires, just as her feathers do not get wet although she is in water. It is commonly known that the swan separates water from milk.

Swan is revered in Hinduism; what is it that makes this bird such an intrinsic part of the spiritual world?

A sadhaka who goes beyond all these becomes a Paramahamsa, literally meaning Supreme Swan that symbolises spiritual discrimination.”

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