vasantha panchami

in the month of thai, after amavasya fifth day vasantha panchami is celebrated. in india we have got six ruthu's(season).greeshma,varsha,sharadh,hemanth,shishir and basanth.basanth is considered king of all seasons. nature takes a beautiful form after winter. new flowers , leaves . cool breeze makes life good.this is the festive time for nature. man by celebrating vasanth panchami joins hand with nature .generally people wear yellow colour dress on this day.
goddess saraswathi is worshipped on this day.bengal celebrates this function in grand scale. in pandals goddess sharada's idol is kept and cultural prorammes are organised.aksharaabyas, is done on this day for kids those who are ready to go to school.
in some places kamdev with rathi is worshipped . in puranas there is a story which gives the importance of sound .
lord vishnu was on sheshasaiya.a lotus came from his nabi and brahma was sitting on it. vishnu told brahma to start the creation of the universehe created mountain , ocean, birds, river etc. brahma went to look at his creation. he was upset to see, no sound . everywhere there was silence. brahma, took water from his kamandal and springled it on all the four sides. when drops fell on trees, a devi came with four hand.having books on one hand, japa mala on one hand, holding veena with both the hands .brahma requested her to play veena. vibration started and it became sound . it is the greatest power and supreme wisdom.sound is god. nature became admirable with birds chirrup, sound of the waves of the ocean, thunder of the cloud,whistle and so on.
with the blessings of saraswathi there is life everywhere.