Saraswati Puja is a time when we all welcome spring season. Spring means bosonto and Bosonto mean Love. This weather is little chilly, flowers start blooming, birds start singing and love starts. Every people start singing Especially in Kolkata " Bosonto Ese Geche".
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| Girls wear yellow saree. |
On this special day every young girls or boy comes in traditional wear, Women wears the yellow Basanti color sarees and boys wear the Kurta, dhoti, and worship to Maa Saraswati.
The day after saraswati puja festival is a customary for Bengals to eat a special dish called Gota Sheddho( Which means Whole Boiled). Gotta Sheddho means the vegetables are not cut and boiled with a wholegrain dal. It is very good for health and cooked without spices, oil, onion or garlic. Main tradition of this puja is that whatever boiled on the day of saraswati puja or Vasanta panchami , it will eaten on the next day by mothers. This ritual is mainly observed by the Bengali mothers wishing for long healthy life of their children.
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| Sitala Maa |
Shitala Mata is the form of goddess Katyayani( a part of Durga Maa). Worshiping her gives coolness and relief from fever, measles and small pox. On this day mothers wear the new cotton sari and perform the puja rituals and family members enjoy the boiled prasad.
