Basant Panchami

Vasant Panchami (Vasant meaning “spring” and Panchami meaning “fifth”) is a festival that falls on the fifth day of the Hindu lunar month of Magha. It’s the time when the mustard crop blooms flowers of yellow, a color that symbolizes knowledge, light, energy, prosperity, and peace. It is thus considered an auspicious time to begin new ventures. Goddess Saraswati and Sun god is worshipped on this day by offering yellow-colored sweets and dressing in yellow. Vasant Panchami also commemorates the god of love -Kamdeva.