Tiny tots express love with hand-made rakhis

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, August 21

Students of various schools in the district celebrated Raksha Bandhan festival with fervour and recalled old traditions of Punjab culture on Saturday.

Goindwal Sahib Guru Amar Dass Adarsh Institute’s students dressed up for various competitions related to the festival such as rakhi making, card making and thali decoration. Students of every grade participated enthusiastically in these events.

Principal Manisha Sood said: “The festival must be celebrated with emotions of respect so that its sanctity remains forever and our generations remain attached to our culture.”

Director Jatinderpal Singh Randhawa gave away prizes to position-holder students at the competitions.

Students of Chabal Sri Guru Harkrishan Public Senior Secondary School while celebrating the festival presented a cultural programme. The dignity of a bond between a brother and sister was depicted in the songs and poems presented by the students. Principal Urminder Kaur, in her address, called the students to be more aware of old cultural traditions.

Gurcharan Kaur, Principal of local Mamta Niketan School, said the students while celebrating the festival in a one-act-play presented the cultural heritage of Punjab. They also took a pledge of not cheating in the exams, said the principal.