How do we celebrate Basant Panchami?
People celebrate the day by wearing yellow (white), eating sweet dishes and displaying yellow flowers in homes. In Rajasthan, it is customary for people to wear jasmine garlands. In Maharashtra, newly married couples visit a temple and offer prayers on the first Basant Panchami after the wedding.
Why do we celebrate Basant Panchami?
Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day (Panchami) of Magh month Shukla Paksha every year as it is believed that Goddess Durga gave birth to Goddess Saraswati. The occasion also marks the beginning of the preparations for Holi, which is celebrated after forty days of the Saraswati Puja.
What should we wear on Vasant Panchami?
People celebrating Saraswati Puja traditionally dress in yellow clothes and accessories during Basant Panchami. In Uttarakhand, people worship Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati on Basant Panchami, and people are known to eat yellow rice or ‘meetha chawal’ and wear yellow.
How is Vasant Panchami celebrated in South India?
In every state, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped in different ways. Usually, she is worshipped mainly on Basant Panchami, but people in South India worship Goddess Saraswati during the Navratri. This year people in the rest part of the country will be celebrating Basant Panchami on 16 February 2021.
Is Vasant Panchami auspicious?
Marking the preparation for the arrival of spring, Basant Panchami or Vasant Panchami is an auspicious festival of the Hindus which is celebrated with great pomp and show across India on the fifth day (Panchami Tithi) of the Hindu month of Magha, Shukla Paksha.
Is Vasant Panchami is good for marriage?
Marriage is a sacred bond that can’t be done without a Subah Vivah Muhurat, and when the occasion is of Basant Panchami, then it is the most auspicious day considered for marriages.
Do you fast on Basant Panchami?
Devotees wake up early in the morning of Basant Panchami, have a bath, wear sarees or other clothes in shades of yellow or white. Students usually fast till the pushpanjali or offerings to Goddess Saraswati.
Which day is Saraswati Day?
Celebrated on the 5th day in the Hindu calendar month of Magha (month), it is also known as Saraswati Puja and Saraswati Jayanti in India.
Why Brahma married his own daughter?
Brahma created sarswati and married her for divine purposes. Saraswati is called the mother of the Vedas, and later as the celestial creative symphony who appeared when Brahma created the universe.
Why Saraswati is not Worshipped?
SarasWati & Brahma However, according to some traditions, she was first the wife of Vishnu. However, when Saraswati eventually turned up she was not best pleased to see her husband with another woman and so cursed Brahma never to be worshipped by humanity (even if he is worshipped today in parts of South-east Asia).
Who is Brahma’s daughter?
Goddess Saraswati is the daughter of Prajapita Brahma . It is also written in the earliest four Vedas .