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Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)

Also called: Basant Panchami, Saraswati Puja, Sri Panchami

The fifth day of the bright half of Magha, at the start of spring, kept as Saraswati's day: Saraswati Puja in Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha and Nepal, with small children writing their first letters (Haate-Khori, Khadi-Chuan), yellow dress, and books laid before the goddess. Called Sri Panchami in the south.

Sources: Vasant Panchami / Saraswati Puja (Wikipedia) · see Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)'s web

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Saraswati (Consort) Shakta · The day of first letters: Vasant Panchami, Vidyarambham and the goddess under the creepers
Krishna worshipped her on Magha Shukla Panchami, 'the day when learning is commenced'.
Saraswati (Consort)
Saraswati Puja falls on Vasant Panchami.
Saraswati (Consort) All traditions · The first sound (Saraswati appears at Vasant Panchami)
The day she appeared.
Rama (Avatar) Vaishnava · The berries Shabari tasted
Said in the Dangs to have reached Shabari on this day.

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