The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.123

v2.c17.123

2. *Vasanta Pañcamī*, or the 5th of the waxing moon in Māgha. On this day the divinity is, by proxy, taken to a mangoe tope to the east of the temple and there the day is passed in feasting and music. In Bengal its counterpart is the Sarasvatī-pūjā, or the “pen and ink festival” which takes place on the same day. The worshipping of the presiding divinity of reading and writing is soon finished, and the afternoon, it is ordained, should be spent in a picnic. The picnic portion is what is observed at Bhuvaneśvara by taking the image out for a recreation, along with some Vaiṣṇavite images who are assumed to form the guests at the picnic.