Knowledge and Saraswati at Mohali

A Punjab Technical University event-register entry describes Basant Panchami at Mohali Campus 1 on 23 January 2026. Its account centres a Saraswati idol on a white round table, surrounded by yellow and orange marigolds and lit lamps. The institution connects this arrangement with knowledge, arts and the pursuit of learning. That connection gives a specific devotional emphasis to a campus celebration. The record does not establish the personal beliefs of everyone present, but it does identify how this particular organiser presented the occasion: worship and the educational setting were brought together through a carefully described arrangement.[2]

Yellow displays on school grounds

A signed student report from Modern School in Patiala describes a different programme on 13 February 2024. Inter-house activities spread across the grounds, with culinary and floral displays and yellow dishes on tables. Kite competitions continued despite difficult wind conditions, and chocolates were distributed. Dikshita, Mehak Sidhu and Muskan Karde dated their report the following day. This separation between event and report matters: the document records what one school arranged, rather than proving a single festival date for every setting. Its details show students encountering the season through making, presentation and competition.[1]

Returning to a cultural programme

RIMT University’s 2021 newsletter describes Basant Panchami as the beginning of cultural programmes after lockdown. Singing, dancing, a fashion show, comedy and kite competition formed its programme, ending with prizes. The university’s matching February post repeats this account. Read as one institutional record, it gives the celebration another emphasis: resuming occasions at which students could gather and perform. The newsletter describes what the organiser sought to encourage, including student enthusiasm. Its programme is distinct from a household observance or the Mohali devotional arrangement, even while the same festival name provides the occasion for meeting.[3]

Sources & notes

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  1. Dikshita, Mehak Sidhu and Muskan Karde; Modern School Life Magazine, Patiala. Basant Panchami 2024: Celebrating Spring’s Arrival ↗signed primary student event report · Source date: 2024-02-14 · Locator: PDF pp. 1–2: named reporters/date and two-column event text; the named event occurred on 13 February. Accessed 2026-11-02.The signed report’s two text pages were read and visually checked. The report date and the previous day’s event remain distinct.Return to Yellow displays on school grounds, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Mohali Campus 1. Events and Activities: Basant Panchami Celebrations at Mohali Campus 1 ↗primary institutional event-register block · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Exact heading Basant Panchami Celebrations at Mohali Campus 1 and following paragraph; retained lines 128–130. Accessed 2026-11-02.The exact dated Basant Panchami block was read in the actual event register. Unrelated notices and template text are excluded.Return to Knowledge and Saraswati at Mohali, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh. RIMT Times, January–July 2021, volume 1: Basant Panchami ↗primary institutional newsletter · Source date: 2021 · Locator: PDF p. 2, upper Basant Panchami block and issue header; matching blog archive entry dated 16 February 2021. Accessed 2026-11-02.The actual newsletter block and matching standalone post were read. The issue is dated 2021; its later upload folder is not the publication year.Return to Returning to a cultural programme, paragraph 1 ↑
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