MOTHERS’ DAY CELEBRATION
DATE : 21.02.2015
VENUE : VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VIDYALAYA M.H.S.S,
VIVEKANANDAPURAM
Origin
of Mothers’ Day goes back to the era of ancient Greek Romans. Anna Jarvi is known as the mother of Mothers’ Day,
an apt title for the lady who worked hard to bestow honour on all Mothers. Due to the hard work of the pioneering women
of their times, Julia
Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis that the day come into existence. The plants produce fragrant flowers like
wise, mother makes her home pleasant by promoting peace, fulfilling the needs
of her family and making others happy.
So, people take the day as an opportunity to pay tribute to their
mothers and thank them for all their love and support.
In
our school mothers’ day celebration was celebrated in a grand manner. That special occasion was inaugurated with
the lighting
of lamp by our honourable chief guest Dr. Suja, Gynaecologist followed
by the other dignitaries on the dias. We
initiated our programme by an invocation song sung by Smt. Lakshmi Thangam. The welcome address was presented by Smt. Bama.
The importance
of Mothers’ Day was explained briefly by Smt. G.Geetha. It evoked our mind and made us to feel proud
about our mother.
Various
competitions were conducted for the mothers and the teachers. They were eagerly participating in various
competitions with enthusiasm and won the prizes. The prize lists were read out by our teacher Smt.
Gowri. Our honourable chief guest
gave away the prizes to the winners.
We
had an eminent person Dr.Suja, Gynaecologist as our chief guest who addressed the
gathering. She was proud to
be the ex student of V.K.V. She shared
her school days experience in a proud manner.
She told the most of her good qualities were learnt in the school
days. She praised the role of a mother
in Indian Culture. Mother is considered
as Goddess. In the World level, may 2nd is celebrated
as Mothers’ Day. We
celebrated mothers’
Day in the remembrance of Sri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa’s birth anniversary. She explained about the growth of a child in
different stages. She noted some
valuable points to grow a good model child.
She advised all the mothers to give healthy food and avoid fast
food. She insisted the children to live
in the joint family to restrict the children’s jealousy. Then she adviced to make the children behave
with the society, elders, teachers and parents in a humble manner.
She
told that the parents should play an important role to teach the moral values
and discipline for their children. She
advised the mothers to spend their time with the child and they should narrate
the stories like Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Prahalatha etc. She advised the students not to watch
television and avoid the usage of internet and mobile phones. She told that the mothers should allow their
children to play for a while and encourage them to learn different languages
and make them to be a good citizen in the World.
Next
our special
guest Smt. Lakshmi Prabha addressed the audience. She spoke about the importance of mother. She recollected the past memories about the
love and affection which she experienced in her childhood days. She was proud to be the ex student of
V.K.V. She expressed her views regarding
the purpose of celebrating Mothers’ Day in our school. She noted that Swamiji was one
of the special disciples of Sri Rama Krishna paramahamsa and Mother saradha
Devi.
Smt.
Anu Radha shared her experience about the Mothers’ Day celebration. Our Principal presented a memento to the
honourable chief guest and the special guest.
Vote of thanks
was proposed by Smt.Geetha.
Finally the programme was concluded with Kendra Prayer.
