Vasant Panchami (Ramanandi)
Devi Saraswati — the consort of Brahma, invoked alongside Sri Ram
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Vasant Panchami — Magha Shukla Panchami — the first day of vasant ritu (spring season) and the avirbhav (appearance) day of Devi Saraswati. Yellow is the day's colour — yellow clothes, yellow flowers, yellow food. Ramanandis honour Saraswati alongside Sita-Ram, recognising her as the vani-shakti without which the Ramayana itself could not have been spoken.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
ॐ ऐं सरस्वत्यै नमः · श्री राम वाणी विद्या प्रदायिनी
Om Aim Saraswatyai Namah · Shri Ram Vani Vidya Pradayini
Salutations to Devi Saraswati — and to Sri Ram who grants the gift of speech, learning, and the mastery of the Ramcharitmanas.
How to recite
Wear yellow clothes. Place a Saraswati murti or photo beside the Ram darbar. Worship Saraswati first with yellow flowers (marigold, mustard), kesari halwa, and a saffron-rice offering. Recite the Saraswati Vandana and the Ramcharitmanas mangalacharan (which itself begins with Saraswati-vandana). Children begin school / first writing-lessons today (vidyarambha sanskara).
Benefits
Vasant Panchami — Magha Shukla Panchami — heralds the arrival of spring (vasant ritu) and is sacred to Devi Saraswati, the goddess of learning, music, and speech. For Ramanandis, this is the day to honour the Saraswati-aspect of Devi Sita — without whose vani-prasad even Sri Ram would not have spoken the immortal verses of the Ramayana. Every Ramanandi child traditionally writes their first letters today with Saraswati's blessing.
✦ Special Note
Many Ramanandi mathas conduct vidyarambha sanskara today — children's first formal lesson in reading and writing, with their slate offered first to the Ram darbar before they trace their first letters. Dates per the standard Vikram Samvat Panchang (Purnimanta system — month boundary at Purnima), Ayodhya/Varanasi convention; same underlying calendar as Hindu general, Purnimanta month naming.
Foods Allowed
Foods to Avoid
Meal Idea
Kesari halwa and saffron-rice for the morning naivedya; sarson da saag with makki roti and white butter for the noon meal; basundi with kesar and boondi ladoo in the evening after the Saraswati-arati.
🪔 Aarti
Aarti Kije Shri Ramlala Ki
आरती कीजे श्रीरामलला की । पूर्ण निपुण धनुर्वेद कला की ॥ धनुष वाण कर सोहत नीके । शोभा कोटि मदन मद फीके ॥ सुभग सिंहासन आप बिराजैं । वाम भाग वैदेही राजैं ॥ कर जोरे रिपुहन हनुमाना । भरत लखन सेवत बिधि नाना ॥ शिव अज नारद गुन गन गावैं । निगम नेति कह पार न पावैं ॥ नाम प्रभाव सकल जग जानैं । शेष महेश गनेस बखानैं ॥ भगत कामतरु पूरणकामा । दया क्षमा करुना गुन धामा ॥ सुग्रीवहुँ को कपिपति कीन्हा । राज विभीषन को प्रभु दीन्हा ॥ खेल खेल महु सिंधु बंधाये । लोक सकल अनुपम यश छाये ॥ दुर्गम गढ़ लंकापति मारे । सुर नर मुनि सबके भय टारे ॥ देवन थापि सुजस विस्तारे । कोटिक दीन मलीन उधारे ॥ कपि केवट खग निसिचर केरे । करि करुना दुःख दोष निवेरे ॥ देत सदा दासन्ह को माना । जगतपूज्य भे कपि हनुमाना ॥ आरत दीन सदा सत्कारे । तिहुंपुर होत राम जयकारे ॥
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