Nepal Celebrates Saraswati Puja, Honoring the Goddess of Knowledge on Basant Panchami

Kathmandu. Shri Panchami, observed every year on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Magh, is being celebrated across the country today with the formal worship and adoration of Goddess Saraswati, the presiding deity of knowledge.

It is believed that worshipping Saraswati on Basant Panchami increases intellect and wisdom. Today, devotees throng Saraswati temples across the nation. It is customary to initiate literacy for young children who have not yet started school on this very day. There is a religious belief that teaching reading and writing on this day bestows good knowledge.