“Heritage Fest” – Grand Hare Krishna Movement Annual Heritage & Cultural Day Celebrations
Hyderabad December 23rd 2017, Saturday : Hare Krishna Movement, Hyderabad celebrated grandly its Annual Heritage & Cultural Day Celebrations at Ravindra Bharathi today. “SUMEDHASAH” (Intelligence through Culture) is the cultural wing of Hare Krishna Movement whose objective is to promote cultivation of knowledge through culture. The Annual Heritage & Cultural festival of Hare Krishna Movement – Hyderabad (HKM Hyd) called the “ Heritage Fest “ is a cultural extravaganza meant to celebrate India’s vibrant culture and rich tradition and also a platform to promote our Vedic knowledge & Ethical values. HKM Hyd has been conducting Heritage Fest Cultural competitions across twin cities since many years and it is labeled as a festival of “enlightenment, creativity, and entertainment & education”, the Heritage Fest is perhaps the only one of its kind both in the spectrum of events it covers and the massive participation of school children. This year the fest witnessed massive participation of around 10,000 students across 800 schools of Hyderabad participating in various contests over a period of few months undergoing qualifying, quarter finals, semi finals & final rounds.
HKM Hyd aims to take forward the Spiritual and Cultural principles & practices to young minds through its Heritage Fest competitions. To transmit the Heritage, Cultural & Spiritual values of our esteemed civilization HKM has been conducting Heritage Fest Cultural competitions since many years.
Today’s event was graced by Chief Guest Sri Swamy Goud – Honble Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council, Special Guests Sri Ravindranath Gupta – Trustee Arya Vysya Hostel and Presided by Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, M.Tech ( IIT – Madras) – President of Hare Krishna Movement & Akshaya Patra Foundation, Telangana & AP.
The program began with a lamp lighting by the dignitaries and as part of the Annual Day celebrations there were performances in traditional dance, drama, classical music, Gita sloka chanting, painting, story telling, elocution, rangoli etc by the prize winners. Later all the students who excelled in various activities were awarded first, second, third & consolation & runner up prizes by the Chief guest and other guests, including trophies & shields for best performing schools as a token of encouragement. The Champions Trophy was won by Obul Reddy School for overall participation and team spirit.
Speaking on the occasion Sri Swami Goud, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council said :
“Hare Krishna Movement is doing a commendable job of imparting culture, values, traditions and customs along with knowledge for the children and thereby instilling self confidence, leadership skills, nationalism, creativity & humanity amongst the young minds of the children. I congratulate the winners and thank Hare Krishna Movement President Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Swamiji for encouraging these values and assure of all help from the Telangana Govt for advancing this noble virtues”
Speaking on the occasion Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, President of Hare Krishna Movement and Akshaya Patra Foundation Telangana & AP said
“Around 10,000 students participated in the fest which was conducted in more than 800 schools of Telangana and by which the children learnt to be self confident, develop leadership qualities and learn to work together with others. Heritage Fest is not only a convergence of cultural contests but also a cherished event which endeavors to bridge the cultural divide in this era of tech-frenzy, increasing juvenile delinquency and stressed lifestyle of kids.”
The event was widely attended by school managements, parents and children enthusiastically. The winners of the fest showcased their talents and skills during the program and entertained the audience at Ravindra Bharathi. Not only traditional events such as Rangoli, Gita Sloka chanting, Flower decoration, Folk dance, Classical music etc but there were contests such as elocution, painting, sketching, and storytelling among others to tap children’s creativity, intellect, and artistic inclinations. It was a visual delight to witness enthusiastic students participate actively in the cultural carnival of contests displaying their creativity and talent. Out of total 10,000 participants, 785 students reached Semi finals and in that 142 students participated in finals and received prizes during the event. First, Second and Third winners of each event received Rs.3000, Rs.2000 and Rs.1000 respectively for their performances along with consolation certificates and rewards for runners up. Rolling Trophy was given to the school from which maximum number of students participated in the program. School teachers who trained the best students also received the Appreciation certificates. Seeing the overwhelming response to the Heritage Fest , HKM is planning to extend this event to the whole state by next year. Interested school managements & students can approach the below mentioned numbers for registrations to the program.
Contact Details:
- M .B Raju: 9133273111 & Rohit: 9640086664
A Brief about Hare Krishna Movement – Hyderabad Activities:
Hare Krishna Movement , Hyderabad is serving the society with various charitable programs as mentioned below viz.,
AKSHAYA PATRA is the world’s largest mid-day meal program which is feeding around 16.6 lakh underprivileged children in 12 states across the country in partnership with state & central governments. Currently we feed 1.5 Lakh children every single day across 5 districts of Telangana.
BHOJANAMRITA is the project initiated by Hare Krishna Movement Charitable foundation (Hyderabad) to feed 5000 underprivileged (inpatient) attendants free lunch on a daily basis in Govt & Trust hospitals.
Annapoorna ( Rs 5 /- Meal Program ): In partnership with GHMC we have started the subsidized food distribution program for the urban poor. The project is currently feeding 50,000 across 150 centers in the GHMC limits.
Saddimoota : Along with above programs Saddimoota is another program in which the meal is provided to the formers & hamalis at 4 market yards to about 2,500 beneficiaries every single day.
For details pl contact Mob # 93969 56984/91333 32893