Sri Prakash Synergy School, Peddapuram celebrated the pan-Indian festival ‘Vasanti Panchami’ reverently worshipping Goddess Saraswati on 15 February 2024. On the auspicious day, the students, donning traditional clothes, ceremonially offered prayers and puja invoking the blessings of the Goddess Saraswati. This festival which marks the onset of the transition period from winter to spring is celebrated with great zeal, devotion and reverence. Vasant Panchami assumes added importance for students as it is a day that celebrates knowledge assumedly derived from the Vedas, Upanishads, and other scriptures composed and compiled on the banks of the Saraswati River.
Exquisitely sculpted idol of Goddess Saraswati, presided under the flower-bedecked canopy, elegantly draped in red and gold bordered cream-colored saree and embellished with flowery garlands, was indeed the centre of attraction as the students, seated in several columns across the lobby arena, began to offer Kumkum pooja to the small photo of the Goddess of knowledge and wisdom, placed on a platter. Smt Ch. Sameera, wife of hon’ble director Sri Ch. Vijay Prakash, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and participated in the traditional rituals associated with the day. She recalled the popular legend associated with Vasant Panchami and exhorted the students that righteousness in the areas: discipline in behavior, decorum in lifestyle, and dedication to education themselves endear them to the Goddess Saraswati. In a separate communique, director Sri Ch Vijay Prakash conveyed festive greetings to the students and added that the Goddess of knowledge and wisdom should bestow Her benign blessings on students for their healthy growth and academic excellence.
Sri D. Lovaraju, principal, together with his spouse and children formally offered the traditional pooja to the idol leading all the students from the front. Teachers, parents, well-wishers, academic and cultural coordinators, non-teaching staff, all took active part in the pre-dusk celebrations. Towards the end, students and all other participants were distributed prasadam with the holy chanting in praise of the Goddess reverberating through the corridors of the school.