Saraswati Puja wishes in Odia image

Saraswati Puja wishes in Odia image

Worship of Goddess Saraswati: The day of Goddess Saraswati’s supposed birth or appearance on Earth is celebrated as Basant Panchami. Saraswati is prayed to and blessed by devotees for knowledge, insight, inventiveness, and success in both artistic and intellectual pursuits.

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Saraswati Puja, sometimes referred to as Basant Panchami or Sri Panchami, is a Hindu festival. On this day Hindus worship Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture.

This festival is mostly celebrated in the educational institutions of Odisha . Students observe fasting since morning, wear new garments and propitiate the Goddess to bestow them with learning and eloquence.

They offer ‘Puspanjali’ (handful of flowers) to the deity and then break their fast. Images of the deity are built by traditional clay-modellers, who are famous in the country for their artistic skill. They make hundreds of such images small and big, for sale.

In the evening cultural programmes and feasts are arranged as a part of the celebration. The next day, the images are taken in procession to nearby tanks or rivers for immersion.