Dedicated to Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts, and the informal start of spring. Yellow marks the day — clothes, sweets, and mustard fields in bloom — and students and musicians place their books and instruments before her for blessing.
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In Punjab and North India, the day is also marked by kite-flying (Basant) and yellow attire honoring the mustard harvest, layering an agricultural festival onto the Saraswati worship observed elsewhere.
Many schools hold a Saraswati Vandana assembly. Bengal keeps a scaled-down version of Durga Puja's pandal culture for Saraswati specifically on this day, with idols installed for worship before immersion.