Hindu celebrate 33 million god and goddess. Each of them has their own significance and religious value. Saraswati puja is worshipping goddess Saraswati who is the Goddess of culture, music art and education. The date signifies the end of winter and beginning of summer season here at Nepal.

The significance of Saraswati Puja is that it is a spring festival and it marks the beginning of spring. The yellow colour forms an integral part of the festival. Yellow coloured flowers are offered to the deity, such as Marigold. The food prepared are also yellow in colour, such as kesariya bhaat or sweet saffron rice, kesariya ladoo or halwa or saffron pudding, khichdi or a mixture of yellow pulses with rice and so on. Young girls drape themselves in yellow coloured sarees or basanti coloured saree. Even the cloth which covers the stool on which the deity is placed is yellow in colour. Yellow forms the theme colour of this festival because mustard flowers during this season, spring are in full bloom everywhere and this festival represents the Spring season.

Agriculture is related to seaseonal change here is Nepal. Winter season is  often a rest period for cereal crops and the beginning of summer marks significant increase in agriculture stuff like preparation seed bed. Saraswati, being the Goddess of learning, on the day of Saraswati Puja young children are made to write alphabets. It is a popular belief that if a young child writes in front of the Goddess, he would be blessed by the deity and will do very well in his education in future.