Presided by : Mann. Balakrishnanji,
Vice President of VRM & VK
Chief Guest : Dr.Elamkumar, Professor & Head of the
Department, Tamil,
Vivekananda College, Agasteeswaram
On the auspicious
morning of 26th January 2020, we celebrated the 71st
Republic Day in our school premises. The
event began at 8.30 a.m. It was compered
by Kavinthra Sree of VIII Standard.
The celebration was
initiated with an invocation “Vandhe Madharam”, which was sung by the students
of Vidyalaya.
Mann.
Balakrishnanji, Vice President of VRM & VK unfurled the tricolour National
Flag.Pledge was
presented by Sree Sanjana of IX Standard.
Sri.Selvan, Teacher
of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya welcomed the gathering.VII and VIII
Standard students sang a patriotic song in our national language.S.Selva Serin of
VIII Standard delivered an English speech about the importance of the day.
The Students of
Vidyalaya exhibited their talent through Karate and Silambam for developing
balance, co-ordination, focus, respect, discipline and self-defense.IX standard girls
sang a patriotic song in our mother tongue.The students of VII
standard showed their love for nation through their dance performance.
We had an eminent
person Dr.Elamkumar, Professor and Head of the Department of Tamil, Vivekananda
College, Agasteeswaram who addressed the gathering. He started his speech with Ganapathi
Song. He explained about “Sarvodhaya
Movement”. He quoted one of the National
Leaders Sardar Vallabai Patel’s courage and service to our Nation. He explained about ‘Guru Bakthi’. He asked the students to give respect to
their guru. He also remembered his Guru
and his words. He illustrated the Guru
Bakthi of Ekalaiva. He quoted the Kural
from the chapter of ‘Education”.
The Students of VII
and VIII presented the skit on Dheeran Chinnamalai, the Tamil Chieftain and
Palayakarar of Kongu Nadu who fought against the British East India Company.
Mann.Balakrishnanji,
Vice President of VRM & VK president of the function presided over the
function. He highlighted the
significance of the day. He asked the
teachers to utilize this 50th Anniversary of Rock Memorial. Teachers should take response to spread the
story of Rock Memorial towards the parents and the public. This work should do done by the team of
Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya teachers.
He illustrated Swami Vivekananda’s life and message. He advised the students to do their work with
‘Thiyaga’ and ‘Seva’ minded. He insisted
the teachers should pass patriotism, Indian culture, spiritualism, service in
mind and good character in the student’s mind.
He insisted the students to be a role model to the society.
The E.A. toppers
were honoured with prizes. The prizes
were given by our guests. Kum.Bharathi, teacher of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya
read out the prize list.
Sri.Haritharan,
teacher of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya proposed the vote of thanks.
The programme was concluded by Kendra Prarthana at 10.20 a.m.