January 26, 2023 is Shree Panchami this year, the birthday of goddess Saraswati, the goddess of education and knowledge. The festival also known as Basanta Panchami – marking the start of Basanta ritu (spring season) in Nepal. The dates in calendar changes according to the lunar time-line. The festival falls in the third week of
This year the day of the Goddess of education – Saraswati falls on the 5th of February 2022. On the day, the goddess is worshipped by students and everybody else. As Saraswati is the goddess of education, music, sports and learning in general, people of every profession celebrate the day. In addition, people start a
This year Shree Panchami falls on February 16, 2021. Every year the date of the festival is different. The festival can fall in either January or February. The festival also marks the start of the longer days and end of winter. Video introduction of the festival (in Nepali language- Thanks to Anand Nepal for the
It is the day of the students, musicians and artists – Saraswati Puja. The goddess of knowledge Saraswati has four hands. One hand has a book, two hands are holding a Beena – a string musical instrument and the fourth has a bead-garland. This year, on January 3, 2020 students and creative people in Nepal
Almost all the schools in Nepal celebrate Saraswati Puja festival. Although the teachers are pretty excited to celebrate the festival, the little children, specially in lower grades are not aware of the reason the festival celebrated. Some don’t event know who Saraswati is. Some of them, who knew Saraswati was a goddess, thought worshiping the
This year on January 22, 2018, students all over Nepal celebrate Shree Panchami – the birthday of goddess Saraswati. The festival also known as Basanta Panchami is also celebrated as Saraswati Puja. Last year, the festival was on February 1 (read last year’s report here.). Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, learning, art, music
Click here for 2018 Update with more photos and mantra. Today on February 1, 2017, students in Nepal are celebrating Shree Panchasmi, the festival of the goddess of learning and education. Shree Panchami is also called Basanta Panchami or Saraswati Puja. The festival is being celebrated across Nepal by worshipping the goddess of knowledge, wisdom,