Basant Panchami

Colorful and lively, the carnival and festivals of India are the chief magnetism of the country. These festivals give a chance for people to meet together and share in each other's joys.

The day of Basant Panchami is dedicated to deity Sarasvati. Sarasvati is the deity of learning. Sarasvati bestows the greatest prosperity to humanity, the wealth of knowledge. Yellow colour is given particular importance on this day. Yellow is an fortunate color - a color of spirituality. In this time, people fly multicolored kites day and night. Kites are generally dominated by color of yellow. The people also like sweet safru flavored yellow rice as dish.

Basant Panchami Festival

This year 2014 the Basant Panchami is on Tuesday 4 February 2014. The festival is celebrated with full liveliness and celebration to sign the end of the winters. It is the first festivals of the Year and is celebrated all through India. The festival is falls on the 5th day of the lunar month of Magh, which comes somewhere between January and March. Maa Saraswati is the deity to worship on the day of Vasant Panchami. Goddess Saraswati is the Goddess of learning, the divine sign of Vedic knowledge and wisdom. Yellow color is given singular attention and dominates all over on this special day. Yellow color is related with Goddess Saraswati as well as the mustard yield. On this day people wear yellow clothes, make and eat yellow color sweets on the day of Saraswati Puja.

Saraswati Maa is the Goddess of art, learning, knowledge and wisdom, Maa Saraswati is worshipped with full dedication. On this day, People also offer the food of Brahmans with the highly inspiration that their ancestors are accepting the food. Kite-flying has become the other joyful part of this festival and people really enjoy this occasion.