Vasanta (season)

For other uses, see Basant (disambiguation).

An idol of Goddess Saraswati prepared for Vasanta Panchami in the streets of Kolkata.

Vasanta (Sanskrit: वसन्त, romanized: Vasanta, lit. 'Spring'), also referred to as Basant, refers to the Indian spring.[1]

One of the main festivals of the Vasanta season is celebrated on Vasanta Panchami (Sanskrit: वसन्त पञ्चमी), which in Indian society is a cultural and religious festival, celebrated annually on the first day of spring, the fifth day (Panchami) of the Hindu month Magha (January–February).

  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (3 August 2014). "Vasanta, Vasantā, Vasamta: 32 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 11 October 2022.