Students express love with home-made rakhis

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, August 21

Students of various schools in the district celebrated the festival of Rakhi festival enthusiasm and recalled traditions of Punjab 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 is maintained 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 presented a cultural programme to mark the occasion. 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 our cultural traditions.

Gurcharan Kaur, Principal of local Mamta Niketan School, said the students presented a one-act-play on the occasion. They also took a pledge to not cheat in the exams, said the Principal.