Basant Panchami 2023 Puja Samagri List: Basant Panchami is also known as Saraswati Puja. Every year Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of Magh Shukla Paksha. On this day, from schools and temples to homes, people worship Mother Saraswati. This year Saraswati Puja is on Wednesday 26 January 2023.
If you are going to worship Maa Saraswati at home on Basant Panchami, then prepare it in advance and prepare a list of essential ingredients to be used in the puja and buy it from the market. In such a way, due to non-availability of any material on the day of worship, there will be no disturbance in the worship and the worship will be completed well.
These ingredients are necessary for Saraswati Puja
- Yellow colored flowers and garlands
- Wooden post
- Yellow colored cloth to spread
- White sesame seeds
- ripe banana pod cake
- mango leaves
- seat to sit on
- sun or Incense sticks
- Ghee
- Deepak and wick
- Seasonal fruits
- Jaggery
- Turmeric, kumkum
- urn or vessel for water
- matchbox
- idol or picture of Goddess Saraswati
- coconut
- sweets for enjoyment, Saffron Halwa or Saffron Bhog
- Supari
- Pooja plate
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How to worship Goddess Saraswati at home
On the day of Basant Panchami, get up early in the morning and wear clean clothes after taking bath. If possible, wear yellow clothes on this day. Now clean the worship temple or place of worship and purify this place by sprinkling Gangajal. Spread a yellow colored cloth on the Pooja Chowki and install the idol or photo of Goddess Saraswati.
Be sure to keep the idol of Lord Ganesha next to Goddess Saraswati. Also keep your books or art related things near the post. Fill water in an urn and put five pieces of mango leaves in it and put coconut on top. Apply turmeric and kumkum tilak to Goddess Saraswati. Garland of yellow flowers and offer clothes. Along with this, worship Lord Ganesha as well.
Offer Akshat, fruits, betel nuts and bhog etc. in worship and then light incense-lamps. Chant Saraswati Mantra with folded hands. Now finally do aarti and take blessings. It is also auspicious to worship Saraswati on this day. Distribute bhog after the puja is over.
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