Vasant Panchami Saraswati Puja Vidhi · बसंत पंचमी सरस्वती पूजा विधि

How the Saraswati puja is done on Vasant Panchami: yellow clothes, white and yellow flowers, white chandan, the yellow offering and the aarti, as the published guides describe it.

How the puja is done

When

Vasant Panchami falls on Magha Shukla Panchami, at the start of spring; see the Vasant Panchami page for the date.

Samagri

A picture or murti of Saraswati, and a chowki with a yellow or white cloth
White and yellow flowers, and a garland
White chandan, akshat, a lamp and dhoop
A yellow offering: kesar kheer, boondi, besan laddoo, or other yellow sweets and fruits

The puja

Bathe and put on yellow, saffron or white clothes; yellow is the colour of the day.
Clean the place of worship and seat Saraswati on the chowki, decorated with yellow flowers.
Apply white chandan, and offer white and yellow flowers and akshat.
Offer the yellow bhog.
Recite the Saraswati Vandana ("Ya kundendu") or the Saraswati Chalisa.
Close with the Saraswati aarti, and share the prasad.

Also on this day

Vasant Panchami is held auspicious for beginning studies (vidyarambh) and other new undertakings.

These steps are written in our own words; each appears in at least two of the published sources linked below, and steps found in only one source are left out. Puja customs differ by family, region and tradition; your family priest or family custom comes first.

About this text

Vasant Panchami marks the coming of spring and is the day of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, music and speech. Yellow, the colour of the mustard fields in bloom, is worn and offered. This page gives the home puja as the published guides listed below describe it. Customs differ by region and community: follow your family's way where it differs.