Basanta Panchami is also known as Shri Panchami or Saraswoti Puja which is very special for students and celebrated to show the respect to the Goddess Saraswoti, the goddess of knowledge and learning. On this day students take bath early in the morning, wear clean clothes, worship their books and visit temples of goddess Saraswoti with worship materials. There is a belief that worshipping the goddess on this day broadens up the knowledge horizon and studies will progress further fruitfully. Parents who have toddlers at home take them to temples and make them write on the walls of the temple.
This day also bears cultural and religious significance for Buddhists who prioritize this day for worshipping God Manjushree. On the occasion of Nepal Tourism Year, it is going to be celebrated at Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu with official announcement of arrival of spring. Astrologically, Shri Panchami is an ideal day for couples to tie a marriage knot and also for new born babies’ name-giving sacrament called nwaran.
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