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The Hindu festival Vasant Panchami or Basant Panchami is also known as Shri Panchami and Saraswati Panchami. The day is celebrated with great pomp and fervour every year. This year, Basant Panchami falls today, i.e. on January 22. This day marks the arrival of spring and harvest after the winter season. Basant Panchami is also a day dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. Goddess Saraswati’s birthday falls on Basant Panchami. Hence, many perform Saraswati puja on this day. Delving into the significance of this day throws up many interesting reasons. Hindu mythology states that Lord Rama ate the half tasted grapes by Shabari on Basant Panchami and the day is celebrated in a bid to commemorate this gesture. People also consider the day to be the beginning of life and happiness and spring is popularly known as the season of rebirth. Many famous personalities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and chef Ranveer Brar took to Twitter to convey their good wishes on this occasion.
Another interesting mythological fact on Basant Panchami is that Lord Brahma created the universe on Basant Panchami. The festival marks the end of days of ignorance and marks the beginning of the period of joy and awakening. Across the countries and in different corners of the world, Basant Panchami is celebrated with a lot of joy and happiness. The colour ‘yellow’ is given importance on this day and is considered auspicious as it represents spiritual knowledge, light and prosperity among others. Rituals are performed at home and in temples, and educational institutes organize cultural events and competitions to celebrate the occasion. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, to cricketer VVS Laxman and chef Ranveer Brar, many renowned personalities took to Twitter to convey their good wishes on the occasion of Basant Panchami.
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
Greetings to all fellow citizens on Basant Panchami and on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. May this festival, which celebrates learning, spur us to expand the frontiers of education and knowledge in our families, our society and our country #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 22, 2018
With spring in the air and fresh blooms in the fields, may the festival of Basant Panchami bring vigour and vitality in your life. May Goddess Saraswati bless you with knowledge and wisdom. Happy #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/KM5sYaaFVN
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 22, 2018
T 2589 – On the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami my love and greetings to all .. may the year bring joys prosperity and happiness ..
बसंत पंचमी के शुभ अवसर पे मेरी शुभकामनाएँ स्नेह और प्यार ।। सुख शांति और समृद्धि 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/vZYPoG8sBb
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 21, 2018
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 22, 2018
#BasantPanchami spiritually signifies that the days of ignorance and gloom are over and the period of joy and spiritual awakening has begun.
May Maa Saraswati Bless Us All 🙏 pic.twitter.com/uF5P6mHWqF— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) January 22, 2018
Wishing everyone a very happy and blessed #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/wppGNURdtg
— Ranveer Brar (@ranveerbrar) January 22, 2018
With spring in the air and fresh blooms in the fields, may the festival of Basant Panchami bring vigour and vitality in your life. Wish you all a happy #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/w67YYMgSAN
— Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal_) January 22, 2018
Basant Panchami greetings!
May Goddess Saraswati bless us all with knowledge & wisdom. #BasantPanchami pic.twitter.com/lN7wBip10Z— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) January 22, 2018
बसंत पंचमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।
Heartfelt greetings on Basant Panchami. pic.twitter.com/gGucHk704U— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 22, 2018
On this day, people also worship Kamdev, the god of love and the Sun god. Children are taught their first words on this day. books are also kept at the feet of goddess Saraswati in order to seek her blessings. Some people also offer milk to snakes as part of the celebrations. Another important part of the celebration is feasting. A wide variety of food is prepared for this festive day. It includes ‘boondi ladu’, ‘kesari bhat’ and ‘kheer’. That apart, kite flying competitions are also a part of the celebrations. We wish our readers a very Happy Basant Panchami!
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