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Basant Panchami 2022 All You Need to Know About Why do We Celebrate Basant Panchami

Basant Panchami 2022 in India is celebrated every year on the 5th day of the month of Magha. Know the significance of Basant Panchami in Punjab, India.

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Basant Panchami 2022 All You Need to Know About Why do We Celebrate Basant Panchami

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  1. MEANING OF BASANT PANCHAMI The word ‘Basant or Vasant’ means ‘spring’ and ‘Panchami’ means the ‘fifth day’, in the Hindi language.

  2. SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS BASANT PANCHAMI 2022 Basant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja, Sri Panchami or Basant Kite Festival, is a Sikh and Hindu festival held on the fifth day of the traditional Hindu calendar month (usually early February) It is a seasonal spring festival that is observed in many regions of the country. It is also the time when spring begins in India and mustard flowers bloom

  3. WHEN IS BASANT PANCHAMI CELEBRATED? Basant Panchami 2022 in India is an important Indian holiday celebrated every year in the month of Magha in the Hindu calendar i.e. on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunisolar month of Magha.

  4. SIGNIFICANCE OF YELLOW COLOUR Yellow is very important to Basant Panchami because on this day people wear yellow clothes, worship goddesses with yellow flowers and decorate houses with yellow.

  5. The colour Yellow is considered a good sign and is greatly valued on this day. Many people honour Goddess Saraswati by getting up early and wearing yellow (which is considered to be her favourite colour), eating and sharing yellow sweets and snacks, and performing pujas on her deities. The season and festival also mark the ripening of agricultural fields with mustard yellow flowers, which Hindus associate with Saraswati's favourite colour and the arrival of spring.

  6. HOW BASANT PANCHAMI IS CELEBRATED? Celebrating the preparation for the coming of spring, Basant Panchami 2022 or Vasant Panchami is an auspicious Hindu festival celebrated with great pomp and spectacle across India on the fifth day (that is called Panchami Tithi) of the Hindus Magha month in Shukla Paksha.

  7. On the occasion of Basant Panchami in Punjab, the Sikhs and Hindus wear yellow turbans on headdresses. • In addition to Saraswati Puja, the people in Uttarakhand worship Shiva, Parvati-the mother earth and the crops or agriculture. • Along with worshipping the Goddess, people also fly kites and enjoy the festivity.

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