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Agricultural aspect and Significance of Saraswati Puja

by Sachin Regmi | 10-02-2019 11:31 recommendations 0

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.

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4 Comments

  • Bindu Dhakal says :
    Hello Sachin,
    Hope you are doing great,
    Thank you so much for your informative report,
    Keep writing,
    Green Cheers,
    Bindu

    Posted 15-07-2021 17:44

  • Horticulturist Susmita says :
    Hello sachin
    I hope you are doing well
    Very well written
    Keep writing
    Thank you so much for this report
    Regards
    Susmita
    Posted 24-03-2020 11:16

  • Sachin Regmi says :
    @Asmita So true, what we have been learning in Nepal is about the importance of white color to saraswati. However this is different variant of same story.

    Posted 10-02-2019 20:24

  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Hello sachin dai
    Happy basanta panchami
    I may be wrong I thought white color to be integral part of Festivals.
    The goddess Saraswati is often depicted as a beautiful woman dressed in pure white, often seated on a white lotus, which symbolizes light, knowledge and truth. She not only embodies knowledge but also the experience of the highest reality.

    Thank you for highlighting our festivals in this platform.
    Posted 10-02-2019 12:57

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