Basant (other)

	Basant (other) Basant or Vasant may refer to: * Basant (festival), a historic spring festival in the Punjab * Basant (raga), an Indian classical raga * ''Basant'' (film), a 1942 Indian film * ''Vasant'' (magazine), Indian Gujarati-language magazine * Vasanta (season), the spring season See also * Vasanta (other) Basanta (other) Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami , also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways ... , a springtime Hindu festival {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Basant (festival) Basant is a spring time kite flying event during the Basant Panchami festival in the Punjab. According to the Punjabi calendar it is held on the fifth day of lunar month of Magha (in late January or early February) marking the start of spring. Central/Majha Punjab Amritsar, Lahore, and Kasur are the traditional areas where kite flying festivals are held. A popular Basant Mela is held in Lahore (see Festivals of Lahore). However, the festival has also been traditionally celebrated in areas such as Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gurdaspur. Historically, Maharaja Ranjit Singh held an annual Basant fair and introduced kite flying as a regular feature of the fairs held during the 19th century which included holding fairs at Sufi shrines. Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his queen Moran would dress in yellow and fly kites on Basant. The association of kite flying with Basant soon became a Punjabi tradition with the centre in Lahore which remains the regional hub of the festival throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Basant (raga) Basant or Vasant is a Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical raga. Raga Every raga has a strict set of rules which govern the number of notes that can be used; which notes can be used; and their interplay that has to be adhered to for the composition of a tune. In the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, there are a total of 60 raga compositions and this raga is the forty-ninth raga to appear in the series. The composition in this raga appear on a total of 29 pages from page numbers (Ang) 1168 to 1170. Basant denotes the changing of the season and the newness of spring. This Raag encourages the mind to brush away its selfishness, just like spring-cleaning removes all the cobwebs and creates a fresh start. There are feelings of hope and expectation of a new beginning and the start of a new cycle. However, these emotions are not dependent on the physical change of the season, but are an encouragement of an internal effort to change. Origin Vasant is a Sanskrit word for "spring". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Basant (film) ''Basant'' () is a 1942 pre-partition Indian romantic musical film directed by Amiya Chakrabarty, produced by Bombay Talkies and starring Mumtaz Shanti and Madhubala along with Ulhas. ''Basant'' marked the Hindi film debut of Mumtaz Shanti, who was already a celebrated star in Punjabi film industry. However, the film is largely remembered as the first screen appearance of 'Baby Madhubala', who played an uncredited role of daughter to Shanti and later became a leading star in the 1950s and early 1960s. The film was theatrically released on 29 July 1942 and was praised by critics for the performances of actors, music and direction. It was the highest-grossing Indian film at the time of its release and the highest-grossing Indian film of 1942. The film had a 76-week run in the theatres. As of 2021, ''Basant'' remains one of the fifty highest-grossing Indian films in the history (when adjusted for inflation). Plot Uma and her brother Babul are two downtrodden servants who dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vasant (magazine) ''Vasant'' () was a Gujarati-language magazine founded and edited by Anandshankar Dhruv, which ran from 1902 to 1939. The magazine played a key role in the development of Gujarati prose writing, and is considered to hold a significant place in the tradition of Gujarati literary magazines. History Anandshankar Dhruv was a close-friend and disciple of Gujarati writer and philosopher Manilal Dwivedi, and published articles in Manilal's magazine '' Sudarshan''. Following Manilal's death in 1898, Dhruv assumed the editorship of ''Sudarshan'' for about four years. In 1902, realizing that he was unable to develop Manilal's line of thinking and mission further, and feeling himself unfit to follow 's sectarian approach, Dhruv gave up the editorship of the magazine to start his own monthly, ''Vasant''. Dhruv stated the aim of ''Vasant'' in its first issue: Ramanbhai Neelkanth edited the magazine from 1912 to 1924, with Dhruv resuming editorship again from 1925. Irregular publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Vasanta (season) Vasanta (), also referred to as Basant, refers to the Indian spring. One of the main festivals of the Vasanta season is celebrated on '' Vasanta Panchami'' (), which in Indian society is a cultural and religious festival, celebrated annually on the first day of spring, the fifth day (Panchami) of the Hindu month '' Magha'' (January–February). Origin In Sanskrit ''Vasanta'' means ''spring''. Panchami is the fifth day of ''Shukla Paksha'', the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Hindu month of Magha, (January – February). Vasanta Panchami, which marks the end of the winter and heralds in spring, is dedicated to goddess Saraswati. She is a goddess of water and of a river bearing her name. Her water originates in the Himalayas, flows southeast and meets the Ganges at Prayag near its confluence with the Yamuna (Triveni). Saraswati is also a goddess of speech and learning who blesses the world with ''vach'' (words), hymns, Sanskrit and the wealth of knowledge. It is auspici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vasanta (other) Vasanta or Vasantha may refer to: * Vasanta (Ritu) or Basant, the spring season in the Hindu calendar * Vasantha (raga), a musical scale in Carnatic music * Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat, Uttar Pradesh, India * Vasanta Group, a UK-based office supplies company * ''Vasant'' (magazine), Indian Gujarati-language magazine People * Vasantha Muthuswamy (1948–2023), Indian bioethicist See also * Vasanthi (other) Basant (other) Basanta (other) Basanta may refer to: * Basanta Bahadur Rana, Indian athlete Basanta Choudhury, Indian actor Basanta Kumar Biswas, Indian independence activist * Basanta Kumar Das (other) * Basanta Kumar Nemwang, Nepalese politician * Basanta Mullick, ... * Basanti (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Basanta (other) Basanta may refer to: * Basanta Bahadur Rana, Indian athlete Basanta Choudhury, Indian actor Basanta Kumar Biswas, Indian independence activist * Basanta Kumar Das (other) * Basanta Kumar Nemwang, Nepalese politician * Basanta Mullick, Indian Judge * Basanta Regmi, Nepalese cricketer * Basanta Singh, Indian footballer José María Basanta José María Basanta (born 3 April 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He also holds Mexican citizenship. Basanta began his career with Estudiantes in his native Argentina. After a breakout performa ..., Argentine footballer ''Basanta Utsav'' (film), a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film See also * Vasanta (other) * Basant (other) * Basanti (other) * Basanta Uṯsab, an Indian spring festival {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]