She is married to Arun Paudwal, who worked with music director S.

D. Burman for some time.

Anuradhas career started with the movie, Abhimaan, (starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan).

In 1976, she got her break as a playback singer in the movie, Kalicharan, (which starred Shatrugan Sinha and Reena Roy).

Her first solo was in the movie, Aap Beeti, (starring Hema Malini and Shashi Kapoor).

Laxmikant-Pyarelal was the music-composing duo for that movie.

Its meaning is that May the Almighty God illuminate our intellect to lead us along the righteous path.

The mantra is also a prayer to the giver of light and life the sun (savitur).

In her role as the protector, Gayatri is referred to as Savitri.

Gayatri Devi also gave to mankind the Gayatri Mantra, also known as the Guru Mantra or the Savitri Mantra.

It is one of the oldest mantras, and generally thought of as being amongst the highest and most powerful mantras of all.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna had proclaimed to Arjuna Among all the mantras, I am the Gayatri.

These times are known as the three sandhyas morning, mid-day and evening.

The maximum benefit of chanting the mantra is said to be obtained by chanting it 108 times.

However, one may chant it for 3, 9, or 18 times when pressed for time.

Chanting of Gayatri Mantra removes all obstacles in our path to increased wisdom and spiritual growth and development.

The teachings and powers incorporated in the Gayatri Mantra fulfill this purpose.

Righteous wisdom starts emerging soon after Jap(recitation) of the Gayatri Mantra is performed.

Sathya Sai Baba teaches that the Gayatri Mantra will protect you from harm wherever you are, make your intellect shine, improve your power of speech, and dispel the darkness of ignorance (Dhiyoyonah prachodayaath).

A mantra may be articulate or inarticulate, or a combination of them, as with AUM.

It has an inherent power, known as Mantra shakti, which has a positive influence not due to any philosophical meaning behind the mantra, but simply due to its utterance alone.

The Gayatri mantra has both an intrinsic power (ie mantra shakti), through its mere utterance alone, and also an instrumental power (ie prarthana shakti), which is derived from the understanding of its meaning and philosophical significance.

Hence, the repeated and correct chanting of the Gayatri Mantra, with proper understanding of its meaning, is believed to be of the greatest good to the individual.

Details of each syllable can be found in the Gayatri Mantra by Words article).

The form that can be used to pray to Lord Shiva is called Rudra Gayatri.

Similarly, one may sing Ganesha Gayatri for Lord Ganesha, Hanuman Gayatri for Lord Hanuman, and Saraswati Gayatri for Goddess Saraswati.

The transliterated version, along with the sanskrit version is given.

Hence, the Gayatri Mantra is indeed the best invocation for Goddess Saraswati.

Gayatri Mantra Anuradha Paudwal