Celebrating Basant Panchami
Basant Panchami is the festival that is celebrated in the beginning of spring. Basant means spring and panchami is the fifth day of fortnight of waxing moon in the month of January –February of English calendar.
Basant Panchami festival is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. This festival is not considered as the national holiday, but school and colleges are closed in this day and participate in the decoration and worship of temples. Before this festival, schools organize various annual competitions of music, debate and sports. The winner of this competition gets prize in the day of Basant Panchami. During the night of Saraswati Puja, schools organize cultural programmes when parents and other community member do attend function.
In United States, Bengali communities celebrate this festival in the form community festival and worship Goddess Sarawati. In India, people celebrate this festival by flying kites and every kite flier tries best to cut the thread of others kites. This is called Kite battle.
This festival is largely celebrated in North India. The fields appear colorful in all the north Indian fields. People cook yellow rice and wear yellow clothes. Yellow color is considered to be the most auspicious. During this day, there is the feeling of plenty enthusiasm among people.
During this festival, the Prasad that is offered to Goddess Saraswati is not same in every community. In some community, Ber a fruit is offered in Northern India. And Eastern side, Sangri is offered.
People on this day visit temple to offer prayers. At every home people prepare kesar halwa and spread yellow color all over.
This festival is the auspicious one and celebrated with great pomp around the country.
Tags: Celebrating Basant Panchami Celebrations
Basant Panchami is the festival that is celebrated in the beginning of spring. Basant means spring and panchami is the fifth day of fortnight of waxing moon in the month of January –February of English calendar.
Basant Panchami festival is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. This festival is not considered as the national holiday, but school and colleges are closed in this day and participate in the decoration and worship of temples. Before this festival, schools organize various annual competitions of music, debate and sports. The winner of this competition gets prize in the day of Basant Panchami. During the night of Saraswati Puja, schools organize cultural programmes when parents and other community member do attend function.
In United States, Bengali communities celebrate this festival in the form community festival and worship Goddess Sarawati. In India, people celebrate this festival by flying kites and every kite flier tries best to cut the thread of others kites. This is called Kite battle.
This festival is largely celebrated in North India. The fields appear colorful in all the north Indian fields. People cook yellow rice and wear yellow clothes. Yellow color is considered to be the most auspicious. During this day, there is the feeling of plenty enthusiasm among people.
During this festival, the Prasad that is offered to Goddess Saraswati is not same in every community. In some community, Ber a fruit is offered in Northern India. And Eastern side, Sangri is offered.
People on this day visit temple to offer prayers. At every home people prepare kesar halwa and spread yellow color all over.
This festival is the auspicious one and celebrated with great pomp around the country.
Tags: Celebrating Basant Panchami Celebrations
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