Various institutions celebrate Raksha Bandhan

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 8: Various institutions celebrated Raksha Bandhan with gaiety and fervour, here today.
Delhi Public School (DPS) Jammu celebrated Raksha Bandhan, a unique festival of love, affection and trust between brothers and sisters in its School premises with pomp and show.
Children of the Pre-Primary and Primary classes enthusiastically participated in the traditional thali decoration activity and showcased their talent with whole-hearted participation.
Teachers also tied rakhis on the wrists of the students, taking vow to bring today’s generation closer to the rich Indian culture.
Kite flying event was also organized by the Middle wing to celebrate and enjoy the festival collectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Additional Director/Principal of the School, Dr D Joseph greeted the students and the staff on this beautiful and auspicious occasion and advised them to strengthen the bond of love and affection in brother-sister relationship. Headmistress Middle School also spoke on the occasion.
Humming Buds, the Pre-School of Model Academy celebrated Raksha Bandhan at the B C Road and Residency Road branches with great joy and fervour.
Little children showed great excitement participating in this beautiful festival, which signifies a sacred and unique bond of love between a brother and a sister.
All the girls made bright rakhis with silver thread and sequins and tied this holy thread to the boys in the class who in turn gave them a small gift each.
The boys enjoyed making kites and their faces lit up to see their kites fly high in the sky.
The classrooms were brightly decorated with colourful ‘dupattas’, which was followed by ‘puja’.
After the ‘puja’ sweets were distributed to all the children. Kids sang a melodious song “Rakhi ka tyohar aaya” prepared by Mr Yash and Mrs Amarjyot. This was followed by a Thali making competition between the three levels and the class judged with the best rakhi thali was distributed sweets.
Ruchika Gupta, Project Director, Humming Buds spoke on the occasion.
R M Public school organized Rakhi making competition today.
All the students of primary wing participated in it.
The performance of the little ones was very appreciating as they displayed their talent in a very impressive manner by making beautiful coloured rakhis which showed their bonding with their brothers and sisters.
The Principal, Ravinder Kour alongwith Vice-Principal Shashi Jamwal and Meenakshi Sharma lauded the efforts of the students for better show.
Shiksha Niketan organised Rakhi Making Competition in the School premises under the supervision of Craft and Art Teachers. Raneshwar Mengi, the Principal of the School. All the students participated in the competition with zeal and zest. They used many unuseful things to make beautiful Rakhi’s in a very creative way . School principal also threw light on the importance of the Day.