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Basant Panchami story in Hindi: Today the whole country is celebrating the festival of Basant Panchami. This holy festival has been dedicated to Mother Saraswati. The holy festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated every year on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Magh month. There are two main reasons for celebrating the festival of Basant Panchami. First is the birthday of Mother Saraswati and second is the arrival of spring.

Special worship of Mother Saraswati is done on this day. Mother Saraswati is called the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and speech. According to Hindu beliefs, worshiping Goddess Saraswati on the day of Basant Panchami gives special results. Devotees also keep fast on this day. It is believed that the world received sound and speech only after the birth of Mother Saraswati. In such a situation, let us read the story of the birth of Mother Saraswati.

Basant Panchami story (Basant Panchami Story)

According to mythology, Mother Saraswati appeared on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Magh month. Mother Saraswati was incarnated in the nature form of Supreme Brahma. According to the story, one day Lord Brahma set out on a world tour. While traveling in the world he saw that the world was very sad. He saw complete peace everywhere in the world.

Seeing all this, Lord Brahma felt that perhaps he had created something short in the creation of the universe. Then Lord Brahma stopped at one place and took out water from his Kamandal and sprinkled it. Then a goddess appeared with a supernatural beam of light. He had a veena in his hand and a glow on his face. This goddess was Mother Saraswati. He bowed to Lord Brahma. After this Brahma ji told him that all the living beings in the world are mute.

No one can communicate with each other. Hearing this, Mother Saraswati asked Lord Brahma what were the orders for her. Then Brahmaji asked Mother Saraswati to provide sound to the world through her Veena. So that communication can take place between living beings and they can understand each other's thoughts. As per the orders of Lord Brahma, Mother Saraswati provided speech to the entire world, after which all living beings started understanding each other's thoughts.