Ranchi: Like every different year, schools and educational institutes across the state capital celebrated Saraswati Puja with a lot of enthusiasm on Sunday. Of them, a government-run Urdu medium college in minority-dominated Karbala Chowk stuck everybody’s attention as its scholars, 90% of whom are Muslims, also joined the worship of the goddess of learning.
During a spherical of the town to cover the puja, IdealNews visited the school where scholars have been noticed lights incense sticks in entrance of a framed image of Goddess Saraswati. When it was time for offering ‘anjali’ to the goddess, Muslim scholars joined their Hindu schoolmates to apply the ritual with equal enthusiasm. After the puja was over, the scholars sat together to enjoy prasad of a special mid-day meal of vegetable biryani and salads.
“As educators, we teach our scholars the importance of respecting all religions and rituals,” Mumtaz Alam, a mathematics trainer, said. “Our college is a confluence of spiritual diversity and an emblem of team spirit. Here, Hindu scholars celebrate Muslim fairs with equal enthusiasm,” he added. The college runs categories from I to VIII and has altogether 211 scholars.
Kanhaiya Thakur, an assistant trainer, remarked, “Our college has celebrated Saraswati Puja after an opening of 5 years. This is my first puja since I joined in 2014.”
While status in a queue with a plate to have vegetable biryani as prasad, Ruksana Parveen, a Class IV woman, remarked, “I prayed for my good fortune in examinations. I am taking a look ahead to enjoying the particular lunch with my buddies.” Md Aftab, who research in Class V added, “The food was superb. Maza aa gaya.”
There are about 2,000 government-run schools within the city. District training superintendent Vijay Singh said, “I cannot immediately have the collection of schools, especially within the minority-dominated areas, that celebrated Saraswati Puja this time.” On Saturday, the training department had introduced that mid-day foods in schools might be served for Sarawasti Puja on Sunday, which in a different way is a holiday.
During a spherical of the town to cover the puja, IdealNews visited the school where scholars have been noticed lights incense sticks in entrance of a framed image of Goddess Saraswati. When it was time for offering ‘anjali’ to the goddess, Muslim scholars joined their Hindu schoolmates to apply the ritual with equal enthusiasm. After the puja was over, the scholars sat together to enjoy prasad of a special mid-day meal of vegetable biryani and salads.
“As educators, we teach our scholars the importance of respecting all religions and rituals,” Mumtaz Alam, a mathematics trainer, said. “Our college is a confluence of spiritual diversity and an emblem of team spirit. Here, Hindu scholars celebrate Muslim fairs with equal enthusiasm,” he added. The college runs categories from I to VIII and has altogether 211 scholars.
Kanhaiya Thakur, an assistant trainer, remarked, “Our college has celebrated Saraswati Puja after an opening of 5 years. This is my first puja since I joined in 2014.”
While status in a queue with a plate to have vegetable biryani as prasad, Ruksana Parveen, a Class IV woman, remarked, “I prayed for my good fortune in examinations. I am taking a look ahead to enjoying the particular lunch with my buddies.” Md Aftab, who research in Class V added, “The food was superb. Maza aa gaya.”
There are about 2,000 government-run schools within the city. District training superintendent Vijay Singh said, “I cannot immediately have the collection of schools, especially within the minority-dominated areas, that celebrated Saraswati Puja this time.” On Saturday, the training department had introduced that mid-day foods in schools might be served for Sarawasti Puja on Sunday, which in a different way is a holiday.
Ranchi Urdu school sets example, holds Saraswati Puja
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February 11, 2019
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