Basant Panchami is celebrated across the Nation with different names by different communities. It is known as Saraswati Puja, also called Shree Panchami is celebrated by Hindu Community.
At Sufi shrines, it is celebrated as Sufi Basant.
In Punjab, Basant Festival is celebrated by flying kites. Also, it is observed in Gurdwaras as a Sikh festival.
In Bihar, the birthday of the Deo-Sun God is observed as Basant Panchami which is a harvest festival.
Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of Magha Month (Hindi Calender) which is every year on the fifth day of the bright half of the month.
Basant Panchami is a spring-themed festival in Hindu culture. This day initiates the spring festive cycle and heralds its summation that occurs with Holi. The 40 day period between Basant Panchami and Holi corresponds with the 40 days of Rati's penance after her husband, Kamadeva was reduced to ashes for shooting the eye of Shiva with his love arrows.
