Put turmeric, Kumkum, and rice for invoking the god to come to your home. Always keep Lord Ganesha idol beside Goddess Saraswati. Place a Kalash (URN) on a clean white cloth placed at worship area. Before this apply a mixture of neem and turmeric paste on the body to purify one. Take early morning bath and wear clean clothes. Get Prasad/ Bhog and take blessings from the divinity.Īt evening cultural programs, performances, games and music/ art competitions are commenced. On this day people get up early and take bath and flocks to huge podiums where Saraswati idols are instituted and perform prayers, worship, and food offerings. In Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh devote worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati with wheat, mango leaves, and marigold flowers. Songs are sung to praise Kamadeva and goddess Rati.
In Kutch, this day is kindred as a symbol of love, devotion and emotions and people dress up in yellow, pink or saffron and prepare a garland of flowers and mango leaves and gift to one another. Kamadeva shoots up arrows made of flowers to draw Lord Shiva’s attention on Maa Parvati. On this day Devi Parvati visited Kama Dev to arouse love in the heart of Lord Shiva for her. It is a significant festival similarly as Durga Puja and Kali Puja. Like in Punjab people fly kites on the rooftop and in Rajasthan people wear Jasmine garland and wear white attire.īut in West Bengal people dress up in yellow attires like women wear yellow saree and men wear yellow Kurta and celebrate this day to achieve skills in art, music, knowledge, and education. Basant Panchami celebration in Indiaīasant Panchami is celebrated in different ways in a distinct part of India. Schools and colleges perform Saraswati Puja and Vandana on this day. The first day of Vasant Panchami is celebrated as Vidhya Arambha and is a ceremony performed amongst young children for knowledge and learning. She is also presented with lots of fruits but Ber or Jujube is considered to be her favorite and Bengali’s have this fruit only after Saraswati Puja. Similarly, offerings consist of yellow cooked food like Besan Laddoo, Meethe Chawal, Kesaria Kheer, Rajbhog, and Khichdi. Therefore yellow flowers are offered to the goddess especially mustard or marigold flowers as a symbol of the spring season as it is available in abundance during this term. In north region of India Basanti or yellow color is termed as pure and pious and is color for prosperity, light, energy, and positivity. For Prasad, preparations are made of white sesame seeds and milk sweets are offered to her and then distributed among deities. Goddess favorite color is white therefore devotees adore her with white flowers and clothes. This day is celebrated by worshipping Goddess Saraswati after sunrise and before midday i.e. On Basant Panchmi people visit Saraswati temples and worship goddess to acquire knowledge and wisdom.īasant Panchami is celebrated as a birth date of Goddess Saraswati and furthermore recognized as Saraswati Jayanti. In Hindi, Basant means spring and Panchami mean the fifth day. In West Bengal, it is also called Shri Panchami and Saraswati Puja and popularly called Sharad Navaratri in South.īasant Panchami or Vasant Panchami begins with the upcoming of the spring season.
Basant Panchami SignificanceĪmongst all worship days, Basant Panchami is seen as an important festival and is celebrated by Hindus in India, Nepal and other countries. However, you can pray to the goddess at your home on daily basis for acquiring good learning ability. Navaratri Saraswati Puja, Basant Panchami Puja, Diwali Sharda Puja. Goddess Saraswati is the wife of Lord Brahma and resides in Bramhapura (the adobe of Lord Bramha) as stated in Bhaagwat Purana. This Trinity is considered significant to help Bramha, Vishnu, and Mahesh for their respective duties to create, maintain and destroy. She is an imperative part of Trinity i.e.
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