Prince Ashokraje Gaekwad School and Devyaniraje Gaekwad School celebrate Uttarayan festival

Students and teachers dressed traditionally celebrate the festival and gives the message of safe Uttarayan

Prince Ashokraje Gaekwad School and Devyaniraje Gaekwad School, Vadodara celebrate Uttarayan Festival with zeal and enthusiasm in a traditional way. Students and teachers dressed traditionally celebrate the festival and gives the message of safe Uttarayan.

Like every year the school celebrate the hugely popular Uttarayan festival with great enthusiasm. Around 1500 students and 100 teachers together celebrate the festival, the way it is celebrated in various States of India and abroad. The celebration took everyone to different parts of the country and feel the essence of the state.

Like in Southern India it is celebrating as Pongal, Western India as Uttarayan, Eastern India as Bihu and Northern India as Lohri along with other countries of world as vernal equinox in Japan, Balloon festival in Australia and others. Students and teachers dressed traditionally as per the state and gives a glimpse of the celebration.

The festival is dangerous for birds as they entangled in the deadly strings made from Chinese thread. The school taking a responsibility towards it and sensitise the students to celebrate safe uttarayan like Not to use chinese thread, save birds and don’t harm anyone.

Festivals form the fulcrum on which astronomical, sociological, economic, religious and spiritual implications hinge on. This is the case with reference to different festivals all over the world. Uttarayan is one such festival of worldwide significance with all the facets of any festival such as astronomical, sociological, economic, religious and spiritual.