Saraswati Puja 2023

Saraswati Puja 2023 is one of the most important festivals in Hinduism dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, popularly known as the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. 

It is believed that on this day the Maa Saraswati endows human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom, and learning. She has four hands which symbolize the four aspects of human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego. Saraswati Puja often falls in the month of January or February marking the onset of the spring season. The festival of Saraswati Puja 2023 is also known as Basant Panchami. 

Maa Saraswati is the daughter of Lord Shiva and Goddess Durga. She is the consort of Lord Brahma. Goddess Saraswati is also often credited as the creator of the Sanskrit language of Hinduism. Children are taught to write for the first time during the festival, Brahmin priests are given fine food, and ancestors are venerated.

When is Saraswati Puja 2023?

Saraswati Puja 2023 falls on 26th January, Thursday. 

Puja Muhurat: 07:12 AM to 12:34 PM

Duration – 05 Hours 21 Mins

Significance of Wearing White & Yellow During Saraswati Puja ?

White and yellow are said to be the favourite colour of Goddess Saraswati. During the puja, the devotees wear yellow or white coloured clothes, which is associated with wisdom, light, good energy and prosperity. 

Statues of the goddess are also draped in yellow silk, and the devotees pray for blessings with their pens, books, and musical instruments. Moreover, the mustard fields all over the country are filled with beautiful yellow flowers, signifying the onset of Spring. 

Since the colour white, yellow and Goddess Saraswati, both represent the idea of knowledge, people often associate yellow with the Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami. 

Benefits of Performing Saraswati Puja 

Worshipping Goddess Saraswati on the occasion of Basant Panchami can enable the devotees to deal with challenges that come with wisdom, intellect and adaptability.

Remembering Maa Saraswati can help the devotees rejuvenate their mind and establish a deeper connection with themselves and the universe after introspection. 

Saraswati Puja is considered to be a very important festival for the students since Maa Saraswati is the Goddess of Knowledge. Student devotees who worship Maa Saraswati on Saraswati Puja 2023 get blessed with special grace of Maa Saraswati and do very well in their academic career.

Worshipping Goddess Saraswati also helps the devotees in getting jobs, having profit in business and opens doors for financial gains.

Performing the Saraswati Puja helps the devotees to remove all kinds of obstacles and hindrances from their life and climb the ladder of success smoothly.

This puja also improves one’s mental strength and confidence. It makes the minds of the devotees stable and calm which helps them in taking better decisions in life.