Saraswati Puja 2018: know about Vasant Panchami Puja, Shubh Muhurat and significance

NEW DELHI: Saraswati Puja known as Vasant Panchmi festival is being celebrated on the fifth day of the Shukla Paksha every year of the Hindu month Magh. In this year, this festival is going to celebrate on January 22 (Monday) by all Hindu communities across India including Nepal. The auspicious day is the symbol of the beginning of spring season and is being dedicated to Goddess of knowledge Saraswati. Devotees worship their beloved Goddess Saraswati to demanding to bless as gain success in the field of education, music, and art this day. Students who study in schools, bring idol of Maa Saraswati at their school for worshiping while the children who live at their neighbor, bring the idol from idol shop and worship it at their neighbor to demanding to bless as perfect knowledge, education, art, wisdom, and music. On the occasion of this auspicious day, cultural programmes are also conducted at the several venues. The festival is mostly celebrated in educational institutes across the country and girls drape themselves in yellow sarees while boys wear ethnic attires in yellow. Schools and colleges also organise various cultural programmes to celebrate the day. President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Congress President Rahul Gandhi have greeted the nation on the occasion of Vasant Panchami and Saraswati Puja. Stuti: Saraswati Ya Kundendu is the most famous Stuti dedicated to Goddess Saraswati and part of the famous Saraswati Stotram. Vasant Panchami Muhurta: Saraswati Puja Muhurt is on January 22, Monday from 7:17 AM to 12:32 PM. Its Tithi begins on January 21 (Sunday) at 15:33 which will end on January 22 (Monday) at 16:24. Significance: It is believed that particularly this festival is celebrated and worshiped by the children in the view to gaining knowledge and education. Maa Saraswati is also known as the goddess of music, art, and education. People feed Brahmans on this occasion and also perform Pitra-Tarpan, the traditional ancestral worship. Basant Panchami is the day when children are taught their first words, making it an auspicious occasion which marks the beginning of their learning process.