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Vasant Panchami
The festival of spring and of the goddess Saraswati, kept in yellow sarees and yellow clothes.
What is worn for Vasant Panchami
Vasant Panchami falls on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Magha, in late winter, and heralds spring. It is the day for Saraswati, the goddess of learning, and schoolchildren place books and pens before her image. Yellow is the colour of the day, for the mustard that flowers in the fields: people wear yellow sarees, kurtas and dupattas, and eat yellow or saffron sweet rice. In Punjab and Haryana the day is also known for kite flying. In Bengal, where Saraswati Puja is among the best loved of festivals, young women often wear yellow or basanti sarees.
The sarees
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Vasant Panchami" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
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- Sari: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source