Date: - 21/06/2018 NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya celebrated the 4th International Yoga Day on June 21st, 2018 on its school playground. This one hour event took place in presence of The Director, Swamini Ujjwalanandaji and The Principal, Shri P.R.S. Chakravarthi. Students from classes 2nd to 10th participated in the event whereas class 1st students became the viewers enjoying the look and feel of yoga. They were all placed in a sunrise formation. All the teachers accompanied them in performing exercises and helped them gain perfection in their postures. Children began the event with their Morning Prayer and Om chanting. Initially they performed certain warm-up exercises to loosen their body and gradually switched to the stretching exercises thereby increasing the intensity as per their capabilities. The International Yoga Day was celebrated to bring peace, harmony, happiness and success to every soul in the world. This was a great opportunity to imbibe the values of discipline. Yoga is mental, physical and spiritual practice that needs to be carried every day. International Yoga Day, Vidyalaya was celebrated by performing many Yogasanas, Pranayamas and Dhyan under the supervision of Yoga teacher Manisha Tai and Sports Dadas. Students performed the various asanas and pranayamas that were Tadasan, Vrikshasan, Pad-hastasan, Ardha-Chakrasan, Trikonasan, Bhadrasan, Ardha-Ushtrasan, Sasankasan, Vakrasan, Bhujangasan, Shalbhasan, Makarsan, Pavanmuktasan, and Shavasan. In pranayamas Anulom-Vilom, Bhramari and Dhyanmudra. Later, class 10th students presented a wonderful sequence of yoga asana’s on the beats of a song. They tuned their exercises and formations with the rhythm of the track played and concluded it with a flower-like formation balancing a primary class child onto their feets. Our yoga teacher Manisha Tai also performed a very hard asanas like Natrajasan, Pakshasan, Purnshalbhasan, Shirsasan, BaddhShirsasan, Purn dhanurasan, purnchakrasan and took everyone’s attention. CVP - Indian culture, Integrated development (Physical development).

International Yoga Day

Gayatri Homa

01/07/2018

On the 1st July 2018, in NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya (NVCV), Shegaon a Gaayatrii-homa (havan) was conducted and performed to create a cultural awareness amongst the staff and students of the Vidyalaya regarding the Bhaaratheeya Hindu traditional concepts and customs of the fire - ritual known as homa/havan. The homa preparations were made 2 weeks in advance and the students were encouraged to participate in the Bhaaratheya traditional clothes. On the day of the havan, in the pre-primary section of the school premises, 12 homa-kundas were arranged --- each accommodating 3 students and 1 teacher (who conducted the homa). At 9 AM, under the guidance of Pujya Swamini Ujjwalanandaji, the Resident Director of NVCV and Shri PRS Chakravarthi, the Principal of NVCV, the homa was conducted with an amazing momentum. All the students and parents of Std 1, students of Std 2 to Std 10 actively participated in the havan. There were 11 rounds of chanting (each round of 11 mantras) the sacred Gayathri Mantra – OM ! We meditate upon the divine Light of the Sun. May That Splendour illumine our intellects. The students were allowed to offer the oblations – aahutis into the homa kundas at the end of every mantra chant. Special material – saamagri was used for this purpose. The saamagri included the wooden sticks of the trees --- neem, audumber, peepal, banyan and mango. Also the teachers of every homa kunda offered ghee at the end of every mantra chant. The chanting was done by two faculties in charge – Shri Lokesh Wadekar and Shri Vinay C (Sharma). The event was ably managed by Srimati Megha. The homa concluded with the poornaahuti and prasaad distribution. All the students and teachers of the Vidyalaya participated with a very good gusto and complete devotion and received the blessings of Bhagavaan.

GURU PURNIMA

27/07/2018 On 27thJuly 2018, Friday N V Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kanarkhed celebrated ‘Guru Poornima’ The Alter with photos of Pujya Gurudev Chinmayananda, and Guru Prampara was decorated with flowers and lamps were lit. After the assembly, the students carried the Padukas of Pujya Gurudev chanting Guru Stotram and brought ceremonially to the Vrindavan hall. Swamini Ujjawalanandaji was welcomed with PurnaKumbha. Students of 2ndstd paid tribute to Gurudev in the form of Bhajan. Singing teacher Kundan dada also sang a Bhajan of Tukadoji Maharaj based on Guru Krupa. After this a video of Pujya Gurudev was shown in which 108 names of Gurudev’s chanted and the rare photos of Swamiji was included with the inspiral part of the speech in his voice. Students also chant his 108 names with this video. Such chanting always brings high degree of positive energy.

Swamini Ujjawalanandaji, delivered her message on Guru Poornimaa. She started by seeking blessing for all. She said that Guru takes us from darkness of light. Narrating a few incidences, and she explain the difference between Guru and teacher. She gave the definition of Guru. Ammaji brought out message that the sweetest, purest and most unselfish relationship in this world of Guru .Touched by her words students took her spiritual blessings. The program ended with every child coming and offering flower and doing pranaam to Gurudev’s Photo.

Finally, the programme ended with the distribution of Prasad. Keeping with theme for the year – ‘Intellectual creativity’ following activities was organized. Std 1 & 2 – Draw or write maximum names of Guru Dattatraya. Std 3, 4&5 – Draw and Colour24 Gurus of Dattatraya with their name. Std 5, 6,7,&8 – Write an essay on any one topic in300 words. Topic- “Air”, “Water”, “Snake”. Std 9& 10 – Write on ‘Child’ in 400 words.

Chinmaya Aardhana Day

03/08/18

“The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.” --- says Swami Vivekananda - a Patriot Saint of Bhaarath, a Saadhu, an amazing intellectual and a great visionary. On the 3rd August 2018, NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Shegaon observed and celebrated the 25th Anniversary of a person who demonstrated the above quote, the inspiration behind the Vidyalaya ie., Parama Pujya Gurudev His Holiness Swami Chinmayananda Sarasvathi. . The day started by the powerful chanting of the Guru-stotram (Akandamandalaakaaram) by the student champions and the class 9 students carried the Paadukas to the Vrndaavan Hall. Then, after the briefing on the significance of Mahasamadhi / Aaradhana of a Sadhu of the Hindu Tradition, a short Pooja was conducted wherein all the students chanted the Ashtottara-shata-naamaavali (108 names) of Pujya Gurudev. Later on the announcements of the Drawing and Painting Competitions from Classes 1 to 10 , followed by the talks of the teachers on a story or an anectode related to Swami Chinmayananda. Later on Pujya Swamini Ujjwalananda, the resident Director of NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya narrated a couple of incidents related to Swami Chinmayananda and the program concluded with a beautiful rendering of Bhajans and Songs by Shri Kundan and his team of student-gandharvas. All pupils experienced a flood of joy throughout.

Independence Day

15/08/18 On 15th August, NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya celebrated 72nd Independence Day. The day

started with fresh morning and chirping sound of birds. This year Flag was hoisted

by our chief guest Shri Dr.Snadeep Singh (Entrepreneur). Students saluted the flag

with pride and March past.

After March Past 6-8 Std. students performed ‘Yoga’ demonstration and 6-9 std.girls

performed dance on patriotic song. Yoga is the gift of India to the world and our

vidyalaya is also giving importance to Yoga and it is proved by student’s

performance. Program was ended with National anthem.

Dr. Sandeep Singh conducted session for parents and students on the

topic of ‘Making your kid an entrepreneur based on India stories and Game’. By

those sessions he focused on the importance of stories and games in our personality

development. He took one special session for teachers and in that session he traced

declining value of the teachers in the society and who are responsible for that.

On this occasion according to this year theme (Intellectual Creativity –

Exploring Excellence) our Vidyalaya conducted many competition for students

such as for 1-2 std ‘Spray painting’(National Animal), 3-4 std. ‘Craft

competition’(National Bird), 5-7 std. and 8-10 std respectively ‘Collage making’, and

‘ poster making with slogan on the topic of ‘Indian Army’ (Why should we join Indian

Army). After lunch ‘ Kabaddi competitions’ were held to promote team spirit among

students. All Students participated enthusiastically. Program ended with discipline

and smile on everyone faces.

For the success of this program our respected Ammaji, Principal Dada and whole Vidyalaya staff took great efforts.

Naaralipoornimaa, RakshaBandhan and Upaakarma

27/08/2018 Celebrations to celebrate with love and devotion with the meaning in it and by knowing science behind it. For our intellectual development it is very helpful to celebrate it with the meaning. On the 27th August 2018, in NV ChinmayaVidyalaya, Kanarkhed celebratedNaaralipoornimaa, RakshaBandhan and Upaakarma.To create a cultural awareness amongst the staff and students the students were encouraged to prepare rachis. On this day of Raksha Bandhan, under the guidance of Pujya Swamini Ujjwalanandaji, the Director In-Charge and Shri PRS Chakravarthi, the Principal and shri. Manoj Tikar, soon after the lunch break, all the classes from std. 1st to std. 10thstudents gathered in the vrundavan hall. Then they have got a way giving words from pujyaAmmaji. And chant gayatri mantra 108 times with Vinay dada and Lokesh dada. As we thought we all are the children of one father so the other living animals are also the part of our family by this thought std.5th celebrated the programme by tying the rachis on trees. Finally we concluded with a very beautiful and a heart-touching moment to all the students and teachers of the Vidyalaya where everyone ties the rakhi thread with a very good gusto and complete devotion and received the blessings of Bhagavaan. In the ancient Indian culture, this festival that is famous as Upaakarmawas celebrated especially by the Brahmins on the full moon day of the Lunar month Shraavana of the Hindu almanac. Firstly oblations are offered to the Rishis. Then, after taking the sankalpa, the Vedic mantra – Kaamo-kaarsheen-namonamahais chanted and a new Yajnopaveeta, The sacred thread is worn. Another speciality of this day is that the japaie., continuous chanting (loudly / mentally) of the Gaayathrii mantra. One gains purity of mind and gain more absorption, retention and thinking power. Also the result of this chanting is multifold compared to other days. Oh my dear friends! Come……. Now, let’s all of us symbolically celebrate this day of Shraavanapoornimaa by performing the japa of the holy Gaayathrii mantra 108 times. ` The festival of NaaraliiPoornimaa is celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm in this famous and dhaarmik land of Bhaarath. Especially those people involved in fishing in the regions of Konkan, Maharashtra and Gujrat observe this festival with faith on the poornimaa day of the month of Shraavana according to the lunar calendar of the Hindu almanac. Firstly, on this day, the people observe fasting and then perform the poojaa to Lord Varuna. Later, after eating sweets made of coconut, for the entire day, all of them are totally involved in singing and dancing (for ex. Kohli dance). We wish all of you a very happy Naaralipoornimaa. Senior students will speak on RakshaBandhan. ` The day which is famous as in the country of Bhaarat as Rakhi/RakshaBandhan occurs on the full moon day of the Lunar month Shraavana of the Hindu almanac. This festival is celebrated in different ways in different states. On this day the

sisters apply tilaka on the forehead of their brothers and tie the sacred thread of rakhi to their wrists. Then, they do aarati to their brothers and whole-heartedly pray for their well-being.Thebrothers gift something in return to their sisters. The significance of this day is that its wishing for the protection of not only brothers and sisters but also husband-wife, Guru-shishya or any 2 well-wishers. Thus the Rakhi increases the bondage of Love between the two and transcends the borders of one’s own family to the entire world - Jagat as one family. It’s said so in a shloka - Lord Siva is considered as the Father and Goddess Parvati as the Mother. The devotees of the Lord are my relatives, and I belong to all the 3 worlds. We wish all of you a very happy RakshaBandhan.

Gopal Kala

03/09/2018

“Haathi Ghoda Palki, Jai Kanhaiyya lal ki

Nand ke anand bhayo, jai kanhaiyya lal ki”

‘Janmashtami’ or ‘Gopalkala’ is the birth of Lord Krishna, 8th incarnation of lord

Vishnu. He is The Supreme, The Protector of the universe who takes various avatars

whenever the world is threatened with evil, chaos, and destructive forces. On 3rd

September 2018, NV Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kanarkhed celebrated Krishna

Janmashtami which made the enthusiasm of the children knew, no bounds. Like every

year, it was celebrated even this year with the involvement of all the members of the

Vidyalaya under the guidance of the Director- Swamini Ujjawalananda Ammaji and

the Principal- PRS Chakravarthi Dada.

The Vidyalaya became like Gokul. On this day, children of std. 1 and std 2

got dressed up as Krishna/ Gwala and Radha/ Gopis. The Cradleof Bala Krishna was

decorated with beautiful flowers surrounded by butter pots.The Cradle Ceremony of

Bala-Krishna was taken up first. All children cradled Bala-Krishna class-wise and

Makhan (butter) Prashada was distributed.

As soon as all the children finished their lunch, they changed their

costumes and sprinted to the sand pit where the Dahi Handis were to be broken.

Everyone was in high spirits that day. Followed by that, all children gathered around

the square sand pit to wait for their turn. The children entered the sand pit class-wise

and made human pyramids to reach the Matki. At times, they fell over one another,

but exemplarily got up again and formed pyramids. Many melodious bhajans were

played. Children broke matki and danced under the shower of water; tais and dadas

sprinkled on them from the terrace of the building. They also pulled their tais, dadas

and principal dada into the dance with them. Parents of class 7 witnessed the event

happily.At the end it was the teacher’s turn to make pyramids. All the male teachers

made the pyramid and the Dahi Handi was broken. All teachers of Shishu Vaatika and

Vidyalaya danced together for some time. Some teachers went up the stairs to shower

water on everyone. After this event, all children changed their wet clothes. They were

given the prashada of the Gopal Kala.

Under the guidance of Ammaji and principal dada, all tais, dadas, maushi,

the office staff and a few children worked devotedly to make the programme a grand

success. Everyone enjoyed the day which left the imperishable memories in the minds

of one and all.

Great care was taken during the programme that all the activities strictly

adhere to Indian culture and don’t cause any harm to nature. For example, only Indian

cultural songs were played, children dressed in Indian traditional dress, no balloons

were used where only natural flowers and leaves were used for decoration of hanging

matki….

Ganesh Chaturthi

10/09/2018

”O Shri Ganesha, of Curved Trunk, Large Body, and with the Brilliance of a Million Suns, Please Make All my Works Free of Obstacles, Always.” Ganesh Chaturthi is a religious festival observed by Hindus to celebrate the birth of deity Lord Ganesh (the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati). According to the mythological anecdotes, Lord Ganesh is worshipped as the god of wisdom, good ortune and prosperity.On 10th September 2018 N.V.Chinmaya Vidyalaya Shegaon celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi to developed devotion among students with great enthusiasm under the guidance of Pujya Swamini Ujjwalanandaji and our principal PRS Chakravarthi Dada. All students gathered near Lord Ganesh temple to perform Abhisheka. All students brought five Modaks for Prasad and one garland for temple decoration. For Abhisheka we brought five types of fruits, five types of dry fruits, ghee, curd, honey and milk. Ganpati Abhisheka was performed by all staff of Vidyalaya & Vidyalaya Samantas and Sadan samantas also participated in Ganpati Abhisheka on behalf of all students. All students sang Ganpati’s songs during Abhisheka. After Abhisheka Panchamruta and Prasad of Modak was distributed to all students. After that students decorated Ganesha temple by garland and flowers with great joy. After lunch break Ganpati idol making workshop was organized by Vidyalaya. Under the guidance of Mangesh dada and Ulhas dada students learn how to make Ganpati idol by clay. All techers of our Vidyalaya were involved in Ganpati idol making.. By this workshop we tried to give message to use clay to make Ganpati instead of Plaster of Paris, because Plaster of Paris is mainly the compound of gypsum, sulphur, phosphorus and magnesium. Chemical paints comprise of mercury, cadmium, lead and carbon. And it is very dangerous for environment It Pollutes water and creates various problems of health. All teachers gave their valuable support to make celebration a successful one.

गगगग गगगग गगगगगग, गगगगगग गगगग गगगगगगग गगगगगगग गगगग गगगगगगग, गगगग गगगगग, गगगग गगगगगगगग

“O Lord Ganesha, son of Mother Gauri (or Parvati), the one born of the Lord of the mountains, thou art pure, spotless and pleasing to look at. Kindly protect us, be pleased with our devotion and bestow us with good fortune”.