A day after Basant Panchami, MMC students play Holi

Magadh Mahila College (MMC) students applied dry colours (abir and gulal) on each others faces to celebrate the Goddess Saraswati idol immersion day in their college premises on February 5, 2014. It also heralds the beginning of the festival of colours (Holi).
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Processions taken out for Saraswati idols immersion

Idol of Goddess Saraswati was taken to Collectorate Ghat for immersion in the River Ganga in Patna on February 5, 2014.
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Saraswati Puja celebrated in Patna

Cultural function was organised at Rabindra Bhawan on the auspicious occasion of Saraswati Puja in Patna on February 4, 2014.
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JD Women's College students celebrate Basant Panchami

JD Women's College students offered prayers to Goddess Saraswati and celebrated Basant Panchami in their college in Patna on February 4, 2014.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offers prayers to Goddess Saraswati

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar offered prayers to Goddess Saraswati in a function organised at the officials residence of Bihar Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha in Patna on February 4, 2014.
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Sri Arvind Mahila College students celebrates Basant Panchami

Sri Arvind Mahila College students offered prayers to Ma Saraswati (the Goddess of Learning) in their college premises and celebrated the occasion Basant Panchami by applying dry colours (abir and gulal) on each other faces in Patna on February 4, 2014.
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Magadh Mahila College students celebrate Basant Panchami

Magadh Mahila College students offered prayers to Goddess Saraswati and celebrated Basant Panchami on their college campus in Patna on February 15, 2013.
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JD Women's College students celebrate Basant Panchami

JD Women's College students applied abir and gulal (dry colours) on each other faces to celebrate Saraswati Puja (Basant Panchami) on their college campus in Patna on February 15, 2013.
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Ram Vilas Paswan offers prayers to Goddess Saraswati

Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan offered prayers to Goddess Saraswati at a Daldali Road pandal on the occasion of Saraswati Puja in Patna on February 15, 2013.
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Celebrating Saraswati Puja in their own way

Tender Hearts International School students took the gate-up of Saraswati (Goddess of Learning) at their school on the eve of the Saraswati Puja celebrations in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Magadh Mahila College students bid adieu to Goddess Saraswati in style

Magadh Mahila College students took out a procession for the immersion of Goddess Saraswati idol from their college to the bank of Ganga in Patna on January 29, 2012. On they way girl students applied dry colours on the faces of each other and danced to the tunes of latest Bollywood numbers to celebrate the occasion.
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Basant Panchami marks the beginning of Holi

Basant Panchami or Saraswati Puja heralds the beginning of Holi, the festival of colours. Students of Magadh Mahila College celebrated Basant Panchami by applying dry colours (abeer) on the faces of each other in Patna on January 28, 2012. They also made "rangoli" to celebrate the Saraswati Puja.
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Saraswati Puja celebrated in Patna

Sardar Patel Sports Foundation organised Saraswati Puja celebration function in Patna on January 28, 2012.
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Crickets players offer prayers to Maa Saraswati

Crickets players offered prayers to Maa Saraswati (Goddess of Learning) at Cricket Academy of Bihar ground in Patna on January 28, 2012.
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Saraswati Puja celebrated at BJP office in Patna

Saraswati Puja was celebrated at the State BJP office in Patana on January 28, 2012.
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Stage set for Saraswati Puja

Goddess Saraswati idols were on sale on the eve of "Saraswati Puja" in Patna on January 27, 2012.
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Saraswati Puja celebrated at New Patna Montessori School

Saraswati Puja was celebrated at New Patna Montessori School with Vedic rituals in Patna on February 8, 2011. Students offered prayers to the Goddess of Learning with complete devotion.

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Saraswati Puja celebrated at JD Women's College

Saraswati Puja (Basant Panchami) was celebrated at JD Women's College with traditional gaiety and fervour in Patna on February 8, 2011. The Basant Panchami celebrations also herald the beginning of festival of colours Holi as the students of the college applied "abir" (dry colours) on each other's faces and sang devotional song to the praise of Goddess of Learning.

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Saraswati Puja celebrated at Arvind Mahila College

Saraswati Puja was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fevour at Arvind Mahila College in Patna on February 8, 2011.

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Patna gears up Saraswati Puja

Idols of Goddess Saraswati were put up for sale in Patna on February 4, 2011. Saraswati Puja (the festival to offer prayers to Goddess of Learning) falls on February 8.

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