AGARTALA, Feb 9 (TIWN): Aiming to meet the deadline of Saraswati Puja, the artisans are observed busy in preparing the idols and to finish the earth work so that they can deliver the idol by February 13. People all across the state celebrate the day in most of the schools and colleges including houses. There is a god or goddess for every virtue and every section of the society and every festival is celebrated with a festive fervour and religious harmony in the city.With Saraswati Puja round the corner, preparations are on in full swing in the city. The artisans all across the state are now having a busy time making clay idols of Saraswati – the Goddess of knowledge, music and arts. In many pandals and educational institutions the students organizes competitions of devotional songs. The puja in various pandals goes on for the whole day during the festival along with cultural programmes.

Every year Saraswati Puja is performed on Vasant Panchami to worship Saraswati, goddess of learning and a mythological consort of Lord Brahma, according to the Hindu astrological calendar and religious beliefs. The goddess is personified as knowledge in its full grandeur.

This tradition is followed to date and observed in many schools and colleges setting up a clay idol of the Goddess Saraswati and are embellished in attractive fashion to welcome the goddesses and show their allegiance.

However, the artisans are observed busy in painting the idols of the Goddess Saraswati to meet the deadline and to supply the idol to the consumers on time.

It is to be mentioned here that Goddess Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and learning. She is a part of the trinity of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati. All the three forms help the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to create, maintain and regenerate-recycle the Universe respectively.