School Report on Basant Panchmi Celebration (Saraswati Puja)

School Report on Basant Panchami (Saraswati Puja)

'May Goddess Saraswati bestow you with knowledge and wisdom.'

 

Basant Panchmi is an occasion which marks the advent of the spring season and is also celebrated to worship Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge and wisdom.

 

Basant Panchami is the major festival of Hindus and Basant Pachami is also called Sri Panchami and Gyan Panchami. This festival is celebrated on the day of Shukla Panchami in the month of Magha. The entire year is divided into 6 seasons, which include Vasant Ritu, Greesham Ritu, Varsha Ritu, Sharad Ritu, Hemant Ritu and Shishir Ritu. Out of all these seasons, Vasant is considered the king of all the seasons, that is why, this day is called Basant Panchami.

 

And it is from this day that spring begins. In this season, crops are cropped up in the fields and flowers start blooming and everywhere seems to be prosperous and gold grows on the earth, that is, the crops on the earth are blooming. It is believed that on this day Mata Saraswati was born, therefore special worship of Saraswati Mata is organized on the day of Basant Pachmi. Goddess Saraswati is considered to be the goddess of learning and wisdom. On the day of Basant Panchami, Goddess Saraswati is asked for the boon of learning, wisdom, art and knowledge. On this day, people should wear yellow clothes and worship Goddess Saraswati with yellow flowers, and people fly kites and eat sweet yellow rice in food items. Yellow is considered a symbol of spring.

This day was celebrated in the school on 05th February 2022 with great fervour and enthusiasm. The whole school campus was resplendent with yellow colour- representative of spiritual knowledge, vibrancy of life and vividness of nature.

 

Basant Panchami was celebrated in our school with vibrant hues & colours. The students of class-VIII presented the special assembly on Basant Panchami. The Principal paid a floral tribute to the Goddess & lighted the lamp of knowledge. The whole school assembled together to pray and attain blessings from Goddess Saraswati to reach the epitome of knowledge. The assembly started with the Word of the Day, Thought for the Day, News, Quiz based on Basant Panchmi and short speech on the significance of the day and Saraswati Vandana was recited by the school choir. The students showcased their innovativeness and creativity through a very vibrant presentation of ideas in the assembly.

 

The Principal of the school appreciated the efforts of the students and reiterated the need to widen the horizon and emphasized the importance of learning from Nature and all available sources.

 

 

We all pray to Goddess Saraswati,

Who is bright as like as the coloured moon,

And who is respected & followed by the all Gods,

May she protect us and keep up away from bad habits.

And may she make us to avoid,

The sluggishness lethargy and ignorance.