Basant Panchami 2024: Saraswati Puja is celebrated every year. This year it falls on February 14, Valentine’s Day. Read this article for best wishes, messages, quotes and greetings to exchange with friends and families on this special day.
Basant Panchami - also known as Saraswati Panchami - is celebrated every year on the first day of spring. Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, music, and the arts is honoured throughout the festival.
Saraswati Puja wishes: Today is Basant Panchami and the spring season sets in
Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja are being celebrated across the country today. Basant Panchami is a festival which marks to arrival of the spring season. On this day, young and the old worship the goddess of knowledge, Maa Saraswati. Basant Panchami is also an auspicious day for taking a holy dip in the river Ganga and many devotees have gathered at Haridwar where the Mahakumbh is happening. The
ghats in Prayagraj and Varanasi are also packed with people. Saraswati Puja is very popular in West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm in schools and colleges. Students dress up beautifully in vibrant yellow sarees and go for Saraswati Puja. Click here to find out how Saraswati Puja can be done at home.
Updated: Feb 15, 2021, 04:12 PM IST
Vasant Panchami is a prominent Hindu festival that is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the Lunar Eclipse in the month of Magh (spring) as per the Hindu calendar. The day mostly falls in January or February.
This day marks the arrival of the spring season and holds utmost importance for the farmers growing mustard as their fields bloom with crops during this season.
On this day, there is a tradition of worshipping Goddess Saraswati, who is considered as the deity of wisdom, intellect, art, and learning. According to Hindu mythology, the goddess was born on Basant Panchami, hence every year people worship her on this day and seek her blessings.