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New Delhi: Basant Panchami, which is also known as Saraswati Puja, is being celebrated across the country with traditional gaiety and religious fervour today. The day heralds the arrival of the spring season that sees flowers blooming in their fullest glory. In addition, Basant Panchami also marks the preparation for Holi, which will take be celebrated 40 days later.
According to the Hindu calendar, Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Hindu month, Magha and the Panchami Tithi will start from 10.45 AM on January 29 and will end at 1.00 PM on January 30. The ideal time for performing the puja is during the Madhyana or afternoon.
On this day, devotees offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati so that they get blessed with knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment. People celebrate the festival by decking up in traditional bright yellow clothes and eating yellow coloured sweet dishes, as it is said to be the favourite colour of Goddess Saraswati.
On the occasion, netizens including our politicians and leaders took to Twitter to wish each other a ‘Happy Basant Panchami’.
Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot wrote, ”Maa Saraswati bless all with wisdom, knowledge and happiness. Let us welcome the Spring season hoping for prosperity in everybody’s lives.
Greetings and best wishes on #BasantPanchami. May Maa Saraswati bless all with wisdom, knowledge and happiness. Let us welcome the Spring season hoping for prosperity in everybody’s lives.
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) January 29, 2020
Here are some other tweets:
Good wishes on this auspicious occasion of #VasantPanchami !! May the goddess of knowledge bless you and your dear ones with happiness. #BasantPanchami #VasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/iUVKiOOcfu
— GVL Narasimha Rao (@GVLNRAO) January 29, 2020
May the occasion of Basant Panchami bring the wealth of knowledge to You, May You be blessed by Goddess Saraswati 🙏🙏 #saraswatipuja #basantpanchami pic.twitter.com/FCT8KJ9nXo
— Amjad Ali Khan (@AAKSarod) January 29, 2020
I am privileged indeed to be born in a religion that I could own as an adult. A worldview that has female goddesses for war, knowledge and prosperity is something worth preserving and expanding #SaraswatiPuja
My school (BHS) had a beautiful Saraswati murti in our assembly hall.
— Harsh Gupta मधुसूदन (@harshmadhusudan) January 29, 2020
Wishing you Happiness, Success, Peace, & Prosperity on the occasion of #BasantPanchami 🌼
May Goddess Saraswati bless us with the ocean of knowledge which never ends ! #HappyBasantPanchami 💐 pic.twitter.com/YNdRDuLUjb— Sonal Goel IAS 🇮🇳 (@sonalgoelias) January 29, 2020
Happy Basant Panchami. Wishing everyone the beginning of preparations for Spring. Maa Saraswati may endow us with knowledge, creativity, energy and love. Happy #BasantPanchami #VasantPanchami #SaraswatiPuja pic.twitter.com/u4M3NbVjWd
— Rathinder Nath (@Rathinder) January 29, 2020
Knowledge ~ The Powerful One !!! Knowledge provides Information; Information leads to Education, Education breeds Wisdom; Wisdom is Liberation… !!!” Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom #Saraswati … #BasantPanchami #SaraswatiPuja pic.twitter.com/UKuP3UtRPc
— Supriya Bhardwaj (@Supriya23bh) January 29, 2020
May the occasion of #BasantPanchami bring the wealth of knowledge to you . May you be blessed by Goddesses Saraswati and all your wishes comes true. #BasantPanchami2020 #SaraswatiPuja pic.twitter.com/CdKAROWQPS
— Niharika Chaudhary (@Niharika89531cb) January 29, 2020
Basant Panchami also signifies that the days of ignorance are over and period of joy and awakening has begun. Here’s wishing everyone Happy Basant Panchami 2020!
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