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Bihar Fair and Festival
Vasant Panchami​

Vasant Panchami has a specific meaning: Vasant means "spring,"and Panchami means "the fifth day." Vasant Panchami falls on the fifth day of spring.The festival is observed in the northern part of the Subcontinent

The shrine of the Sun-God in Aurangabad district, Bihar known as the Deo-Sun Shrine, was established on Basant Panchami. The day is celebrated to commemorate the founding of the shrine by King Aila of Allahabad and the birthday of the Sun-Deo God. The old clothes of the Sun God are replaced, the shrine is washed and people participate by singing
In Bihar people also worship the plough linking the festival to a harvest ritual and worship the mother earth and the crops or agriculture

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