Basant (festival)

[1] 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.

[4] Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his queen Moran would dress in yellow and fly kites on Basant.

[6] Indeed, Maharaja Ranjit Singh held a darbar or court in Lahore on Basant which lasted ten days.

[8] The festival of Basant is celebrated across Malwa, Punjab[9] where people organize gatherings to fly kites.

A large fair is organised on the day of Basant Panchmi in the Shiva temple of Bansari and Gudri which is located in Dhuri, Sangrur district.

According to The Express Tribune "in spite of a ban, kites of all sorts, spindles, twines are available freely in the old city area" of Rawalpindi in 2020.