Sri Panchami (Vasant Panchami)
Sri Panchami, also called Vasant Panchami, is the festival of Goddess Saraswati, the giver of knowledge, speech and the arts. Families worship the Goddess along with books and pens, and many children begin their education with Aksharabhyasam – above all at the Gnana Saraswathi temple in Basara.