Lohri celebrated all around with kite flying, holy bonfire : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

Lohri celebrated all around with kite flying, holy bonfire

AMRITSAR: Rotary Club, Amritsar Central, under the chairmanship of Col Kanwaljeet Singh Aneja and Parveen Mehra (sectretary) celebrated the Lohri festival at Ibadat School, a well-known institute for special children in the city.

Lohri celebrated all around with kite flying, holy bonfire

Jagat Jyoti School girls celebrate the Lohri festival on the eve of Lohri



Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 12

Rotary Club, Amritsar Central, under the chairmanship of Col Kanwaljeet Singh Aneja and Parveen Mehra (sectretary) celebrated the Lohri festival at Ibadat School, a well-known institute for special children in the city.

Mohit Kapoor, director of Ibadat, and Principal Shilpi Ganguly along with 58 special students of the school participated in kite flying and lighting the holy bonfire. Renowned child specialist Dr Naresh Grover, who organised the event, stressed on how important it is to engage the specially abled in society. “These children are very special part of our society and if they are motivated and nurtured in an appropriate environment, their hidden skills can be explored to boost their confidence.” Dr Grover along with his team examined these special children and provided them with free medicines and promised to do the same in future as well.

All the Rotary Club members distributed Lohri sweets to the special children. Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Public School, Khankot, also celebrated the festival with cultural programmes. The Health and Wellness Club of the Springdales Senior Secondary School, issued an appeal to the masses to shun the use of the lethal twine, the Chinese string, and celebrate a safe Lohri. A poster-making activity, highlighting the importance of maintaining high standards of health and hygiene and an appeal to the masses to shun the use of Chinese kite strings, was held on this occasion.

“The participants sat in the formation of kites to stress the association of the kite-flying activity with Lohri to urge the masses to use only the locally manufactured kite string to prevent untoward incidents from spoiling the exuberant joy that marks the festival,” he said.

Wishing the staff, students and the families associated with the school on the occasion of Lohri, Dr Kirat Sandhu Cheema, Director, Spring Dale Senior School, and Sahiljit Singh Sandhu, Managing Trustee, Spring Dale Educational Society, said the festival is one of the most important among those celebrated in Punjab hence every measure should be taken to ensure that it is observed with the least shadow of misfortune. “The school is committed to regularly organising such activities to spread awareness against the use of the ‘dragon string’ and to urge the masses to stay happy and healthy by observing the highest standards of health and hygiene,” they said.

Virsa Vihar too celebrated the festival as artistes and writers gathered to sing traditional folk songs associated with Lohri. They also released a special calendar, highlighting the importance of environment and climate change.

Top News

Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in UP's Banda orders judicial inquiry into death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari

UP court orders judicial probe into gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari’s death, seeks report in a month

Ghazipur MP Afzal Ansari on Tuesday alleged that his brother...

‘Heart attack or poisoning’: The life and times of Mukhtar Ansari—crime and politics

‘Heart attack or poisoning’: The life and times of Mukhtar Ansari—crime and politics

Eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh are among the poorest regions...

CBI files chargesheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals in Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam

CBI files chargesheet against 20 institutes, 105 individuals in Himachal Pradesh multi-crore scholarship scam

22 educational institutions were on CBI radar in the scholar...

Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar; RJD to contest 26, Congress 9

Mahagathbandhan announces Lok Sabha seat-sharing for Bihar; RJD to contest 26, Congress 9

High-decibel contest seems on the cards in Hajipur, where RJ...


Cities

View All