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Vasant Panchami, also spelled Basant Panchami, is mainly a Hindu spring festival but all who are connected with creative world enjoy this as Saraswati Puja (Goddess of Knowledge). It is observed on the fifth day of the Indian traditional calendar month of Magha, which typically falls in the Gregorian months of January or February.
The festival is celebrated in various ways depending on the region. Many revere goddess Saraswati, the Hindu deity of learning, arts and music. She is celebrated with visits to her temples, by playing music, as well as the day when parents sit down with their children, initiate them into writing letters of alphabet or study together.
Others mark it as the festival of god Kama, the Hindu deity of love, by remembering the loved one particularly one’s spouse or special friend, celebrating it with spring flowers. Its link with the god of love and its traditions have led some scholars to call it “a Hindu form of Valentine’s Day”. Others wear yellow clothes and eat yellow rice to emulate the yellow mustard (sarson) flower fields, or play by flying kites.
The Vasant Panchami also marks the start of preparation for Holika bonfire and Holi, which occurs forty days later.
We are wishing you all very a happy Basant Panchami.
Namaskar. Aap sabko Vasant Panchmi ki bahut shubhkaamanayein.Maa Saraswati ki kripa hum sab par bani rahe yehi mangal kaamana. pic.twitter.com/ss5YaP4cfJ
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) January 22, 2018
Greetings on Basant Panchami. I pray that this auspicious occasion makes our society happier and even more harmonious. May the blessings of Maa Saraswati always remain with us and bestow us with wisdom.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 22, 2018
বিদ্যার দেবীর আরাধনা উপলক্ষে সকলকে জানাই আন্তরিক অভিনন্দন pic.twitter.com/eeGIKwODqg
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 22, 2018
Sand artist Manas Sahoo creates sand sculpture on occasion of #BasantPanchami in Puri, Odisha. pic.twitter.com/xzXRyoVm5r
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) January 22, 2018
Onset of spring being celebrated as #BasantPanchami; Saraswati puja, kite flying and wearing yellow clothes dominate the day pic.twitter.com/kfDs2PodC6
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) January 22, 2018
Happy Basanta Panchami pic.twitter.com/rc5MUythbK
— Mukul Roy (@MukulR_Official) January 22, 2018
Ancient Temple of Goddess Sharda In Maihar , Madhya Pradesh #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/zQbN8wMS5Y
— indianhistorypics (@IndiaHistorypic) January 22, 2018
Today at Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/UAClFx5yMM
— Ajmer Singh (@AjmerSinghET) January 21, 2018
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The Ancient Sharda Peeth Temple of Neelam Valley,Pakistan situated in the POK is located about 70 miles from Srinagar.Kashmir was called Sharada Desh because of this temple and Sharada was called Kashmira Puravasini.#BasantPanchami #PMModiSpeaksToTimesNow #20AAPMLAs #Davos pic.twitter.com/zsrNnw4t9s— ☬ SINGH ਸਿੰਘ ☬ ?? (@HatindersinghR) January 22, 2018
