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About Basant Panchami

Basant Panchami is the sacred Hindu Festival which celebrates the coming of spring season. This festival is also referred as Sripanchami and indicates the end of winter season. The festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated on the month of Magh according to Hindu calendar and normally falls in end of January or early February. It also marks the starting of Holi Baithaks. In this festival people worship Goddess Saraswati, wear yellow clothes, eat yellow food. In some places people also put yellow tilak on their foreheads to welcome the spring season. People also celebrate this festival by flying kites and organizing various competition for the same.

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