Basant Panchami, the festival dedicated to Mother Saraswati, is being celebrated today on January 23, 2026. This day is considered to be the most auspicious and sacred day to please Goddess Saraswati and devotees seek the blessings of the goddess by performing various puja rituals and spiritual activities. Mother Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, learning, creativity, music and art. People might be thinking of ways to get the blessings of the Goddess as this day is considered to be the most powerful day of the year when they can express their gratitude to the Goddess with a pure heart. The easiest way to please Maa Saraswati is to donate so that you can help someone in need on this auspicious festival and get the blessings of Maa Saraswati. Here we are going to tell you about some important things that you can donate on this day, so let’s see what those things are.
5 things you can donate on Basant Panchami:
Books and stationery
This day is dedicated to worshiping the goddess of knowledge and wisdom and people should definitely distribute books and other stationery items to the underprivileged children who need them. If you do this charitable work then the blessings of Goddess Saraswati will remain on you.
sweet yellow rice
You can distribute yellow rice among the needy and poor people. It is believed that Goddess Saraswati likes yellow colored Bhog Prasad and this will help you to be creative and achieve success. You can prepare food from this sweet rice and feed it to the needy people and take the blessings of Mother Saraswati.
yellow clothes
You can donate yellow colored clothes to a Brahmin or priest. By doing this you will get the blessings of Goddess Saraswati and Guru Brihaspati. This charitable work will bring success, knowledge and wisdom in your life.
food grains
You can also donate grains like yellow gram dal and jaggery to the needy people. Helping needy people will bring you happiness and your life will be filled with desired desires and prosperity. Mother Saraswati will always bless you.
Donate toys/clothes to small children
You can go to the orphanage and donate toys and clothes to the children there who really need your help. By doing this charitable work you can take the blessings of Goddess Saraswati and make her happy. This work will bring happiness, good fortune and success in your life.
