BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hare Krishna Calendar - ECPv5.1.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Hare Krishna Calendar X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://harekrishnacalendar.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hare Krishna Calendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Calcutta BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD TZID:Africa/Abidjan BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170202 DTSTAMP:20260405T201346 CREATED:20150810T083647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150810T083647Z UID:5399-1485907200-1485993599@harekrishnacalendar.com SUMMARY:Vasanta Pancami DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n This is the first day of spring in India. On the fifth day of the waxing moon one should celebrate the coming of spring to Vrindavana by offering Krishna many types of leaves and flowers\, and fresh shoots of sprouting grasses.\n \n\n \n \n\n\n Things that symbolise life and new growth.Following in the footsteps of the Vraja-basis of Vrindavana\, one should paint designs on His (Krishna's) body and perform a special aratrika for Him. It is appropriate to offer yellow flowers too. The vasanta raga should be played on this day. The Deities in the temples\, especially in Vrindavana wear yellow or yellow and green on this day.\n \n\n In places like Vrindavan\, Mayapur\, Jagannath Puri and Udupi many of the women folk dress in yellow also. As it is the first day of spring many fertility rites are performed at this time – for the family\, for the women folk\, for the crops\, for the cows\, etc. It's a very festive time.\n \n\n Many new projects are begun\, weddings performed…….\n fields of yellow mustard flowers growing\n \n\n  \n \n\n  \n \n\n  \n \n \n\n \n Local Tradition:\n Celebrated on the onset of spring\, it marks the beginning of new life with yellow mustard flowers starting to bloom and nature displaying her majestic best. Thus the colour of the festival is yellow and women can be seen dotted in saffron dresses. The puja on this day is devoted to Saraswati and people pray for wisdom and understanding. There are several ways in which puja is conducted on this day. In Bengal\, the place where the statue of Saraswati is kept is decorated with a rangoli. The design of a fish is considered auspicious. Family members bathe early in the morning and dress in whit or yellow coloured clothes. Then they gather around the idol\, where the priest commences the puja. Aarti is taken of the idol and the flame is passed arounfd the devotees to warm there hands and touch there foreheads. Children place their books at the goddesses feet. No books our touched that day\, signifying that the books are being blessed by the goddess. In Rajsthan also the puja is conducted in a very colorful manner. The youngest girl of the house present sets the stage for the puja by putting a teeka on everyone's forehead. This is followed by the devotees sprinkling water\, aipun and roli on the diety. The puja ends with the lady of the house giving a few bers\, some sangaris and a laddoo and a paan to everyone present.\n \n\n\n\n\n URL:https://harekrishnacalendar.com/vaishnava-calendar/vasanta-pancami-2017/ CATEGORIES:Other Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://harekrishnacalendar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Vasanta-Pancami.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170202 DTSTAMP:20260405T201346 CREATED:20150810T084102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170725T100212Z UID:5401-1485907200-1485993599@harekrishnacalendar.com SUMMARY:Sarasvati Puja DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nSarasvati Puja worship of the goddess Sarasvati (not generally observed by Vaisnavas). \n \n  \n  \nFor:\nNames – www.spiritualvedicnames.com\n\n\n\n URL:https://harekrishnacalendar.com/vaishnava-calendar/sarasvati-puja-2017/ CATEGORIES:Other Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://harekrishnacalendar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sarasvati-Puja2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR