Sweetmeats of yellowish hues are exchanged with relations and friends Some people feed Brahmanas on this day. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya laid the foundations of Kashi Hindu Vishwa Vidyalaya on Vasant Panchami. This has become a world famous top class academic institution. Hinduism has taken into account special significance of seasons and interwoven that with religious festivals e.g., Makar Sakranti, Vasant Panchami. Also, people generally tend to accumulate wealth and power.
Money is accorded god-like status.
Saintly people and people inclined towards spiritual progress attach great importance to the worship of goddess Saraswati. The vehicle assigned to each of the three goddesses also symbolically represent their special powers. The first faint signals of the forthcoming festival of Holi manifest at Vasant Panchami. Seasons undergo change. The coming of springtime is heralded.