Basant Panchami is a festival that celebrates the coming of the spring season. It’s a big festival in Uttarakhand. It is celebrated in the month of Magh or January / February. Yellow dress is the flavour of this festival, dancing with Chounphula and Jhumelia, and flying kites are other regular routines during the day. Goddess of Knowledge and prosperity, Devi Saraswati is worshipped.
New beginning are done, kids are offered new books and they are initiated into learning.
This is one of the reason that Uttarakhandis are so intelligent and learned people.
Yellow Sweet rice is a must dish on this day.