Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated with gusto on 19 September, 2012. The students of the Pre-Primary department had fun learning how to model miniature Ganpatis of plasticine. Teachers, Neha and Yashika, with suggestions from myself, fabricated a Ganpati using 2 different- sized clay pots. They, then, painted and decorated Him and seated Him astride a special mount, ( a bedecked School trolley!) ready to embark upon the procession through the School corridors. [gallery] Miniature clay Ganpatis presented by each section for the occasion were also placed aside the main idol, amidst heaped fresh flowers. 2 students representing each section, dressed in traditional attire and accoutrements, lined up alongside the 'rath' armed with a mini-harmonium, mini- dholaks and manjeeras. Soon a cry of Ganpati Bappa Morya rent the air and the pageant rolled out through the School corridors. Teachers and students stepped out of their classrooms momentarily for a darshan and some joined the procession. The chants and the tempo got more and more vigorous as the rath progressed. Accompanying it was a thali laden with til ladoos and carried by little sari-clad Maharashtrian womenfolk who offered prasad. The tempo travelled as did the festivity, beckoning the blessing.. Finally, the pageant culminated at the pool where a single clay image ( not more) was immersed. To reinforce that the water body must be preserved and not polluted. Filed by Ms. V.Vasudev, HT, Pre-primary department.