Basant Panchmi

The festival of Basant Panchmi celebrates the coming of spring season. This festival signals the end of winters, generally celebrated during Magh(January- February ).

During this festival, people worship goddess Saraswati, use yellow handkerchiefs or even yellow clothes and in a few places people put a yellow tilak on their foreheads. 







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