SARASWATI VANDANA IN SCHOOL HOW TO
Some Hindus celebrate the festival of Vasant Panchami (the fifth day of spring, and also known as Saraswati Puja and Saraswati Jayanti in so many parts of India) in her honour, and mark the day by helping young children learn how to write the letters of the alphabet on that day. Each of these items have symbolic meaning in Hinduism. She is generally shown to have four arms, holding a book, a rosary, a water pot and a musical instrument called Veena. She has remained significant as a goddess from the Vedic period through modern times of Hindu traditions. The earliest known mention of Saraswati as a goddess is in the Rigveda. All the three equal forms unite with the trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva to create, maintain, and regenerate the Universe, respectively. She is a part of the tridevi of Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati. The only aim of this circular is to make children aware of the importance of education,” he said.Saraswati ( Sanskrit: सरस्वती, IAST: Sarasvatī) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning. If they are not comfortable with offering prayers to Saraswati, they can do ‘ibadat’ (worship) in their own way. “Everybody prays and worships in his own way.
In a bid to defuse the situation, Bhavsar asserted that there was no intention to hurt anybody’s religious sentiments. “Why (do) they want Muslim students to perform puja? It should not be made compulsory in Urdu schools,” said Haji Mirza Baig, Congress councillor from Sarkhej ward, adding, “Congress councillors will stage protest against such dictatorial approach of the AMC.” “This circular is an attack on the freedom of not only Muslims, but also of other religions. All forms of idolatry is prohibited in Islam. The circular has raised the hackles of opposition Congress, which has dubbed the move as an attack on the fundamental rights of Muslims. While the Gujarati medium schools follow Saraswati vandana along with sarva dharm prathna, the Urdu schools have been replacing it with a kalma. The change in prayers’ module has become a bone of contention among parents of Urdu school students, who had earlier submitted a representation to the Board authorities questioning the intention behind the move and have demanded the officials allowing the old practice in Urdu municipal schools. Students should understand the importance of education and goddess Saraswati whom we pray as the goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning,” said AMC school board chairman Jagdish Bhavsar.
“Why should the question be raised this year when this is practiced every year. Recently, Urdu medium municipal schools were asked to follow prayers of Gujarati medium schools that include Saraswati vandana, sarva dharm prathna and a list of 30 other prayers. The Indian Express on December 15, 2014, had reported how municipal schools have been facing flak after orders of discontinuing the decades old practice of conducting separate prayers during morning and afternoon assembly sessions in Urdu and Gujarati medium schools and conduct a common prayer, instead. In order to make students understand that with education, one can reach pinnacles of success… students will to take a pledge to attain knowledge and perform Saraswati vandana and pujan.” The Ahmedabad Municipal School Board this year too has planned to celebrate Basant Panchami on January 24 as “Saraswati Aradhana Parv”. The January 19 circular states: “Life is empty without education. In a recent circular, the Ahmedabad Municipal School Board has directed its schools, even Urdu medium schools, to perform “Saraswati vandana” and puja in the morning assembly on Saturday and share information on how this day was celebrated in other states.
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