Rosario High School celebrates Diwali with gaiety

Rosario High School celebrates Diwali with gaiety

Mangalore Today News Network

  By :I.J. Saldanha-Shet

Mangalore, Oct 28, 2011: Deepavali the festival of light was celebrated in Rosario High School on the morning of Saturday October 29,2011. The President of the programme was Rev.Fr.Roshan D’souza the asst.Parish Priest of Rosario Church and the chief guest was Mrs.Chandrakala Nandavara the retired Principal of  Ganapathi P.U college.The Head Master of Rosario High School Mr.Aloysius D’souza and Mr.Janardhana Rao was also present on the dais. The celebration commenced with a universal prayer. It has become the practice of this institution to mark various festivals, recently the Ramadhan festival was also celebrated among others..

                 

 

 

 

Mr.Janardhan Rao,the senior teacher introduced and welcomed the guests.Dignitaries  on the stage lighted the lamp and Mrs.Chandrakala Nandavara gave the message saying that we should be a light which dispels  the darkness of others and we should preserve the light,air,water and earth more than money and wealth,Lighting the lamp is a external symbol but it is necessary that we should lighten the life of others.

  Fr.Roshan implored students to be instruments of light, to dispel the ignorance and untruth,by sowing the seed of knowledge.
The Head Master Mr.Aloysius D’souza,said that it is important to celebrate all the religious festivals in the school to strengthen the unity understanding and oneness among all religions.He also encouraged  the students  to prepare Goodu Deepa by arranging  competition of the students.

 The students who sponsored  to distributed sweets were thanked and honoured by giving flowers. Miss Rakshita  the student of 10th standard was the Master Of The Ceremony and Mrs. Claudia D’souza teacher proposed vote of thanks. The programme was ended through a National Anthem. There was a significant interest among the students generally to understand the significance of the festival which contributed a close linking among the various groups of students which was appreciated by all present.

THE FESTIVAL’S ORIGINS

The mythological origin of the Indian festival of lights probably lies in reliving the pious illumination of Ayodhya to welcome the returning Lord Rama. I understand that one legend associates Laxmi Puja with the emergence of the goddess in Kshira Sagar, the ocean of milk from the celestial churning of the oceans. According to another legend , the return of Lord Vishnu to his abode Vaikunta after vanquishing the demon Bali is supposed to signify a day of special blessing from his consort, which underlies the Laxmi Puja.

For Sikhs, Diwali commemorates the release of their sixth Guru Hargobind from captivity under Emperor Aurangzeb. For Jains, it marks Lord Mahavira’s attainment of Moksha. Buddhists relate it to the Emperor Ashoka’s acceptance of Buddhism.

The general development of the festival suggests roots in the agrarian cycle- thanksgiving for the harvest and an invocation for continuing bounties in the coming seasons. For businessmen rooted in this farming economy as grain merchants and financiers, it was a time of annual accounting and profit taking that would diffuse into a general sentiment to all classes and sections of society that invites the blessings of prosperity.