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Sankranti Sambaralu was celebrated by assorted schools and acquisition institutions successful Visakhapatnam connected Thursday, up of the Sankrati festival holidays.
A agrarian ambiance prevailed astatine Sri Krishna Vidya Mandir school, Dwarakanagar, arsenic children enacted colony traditions arsenic portion of Sankranti celebrations successful the schoolhouse premises. The field was beautifully decorated with mango leaves, flowers and rangolis.
Children, wearing accepted attire, played ‘kolatam.’ Girls wearing crowns and seated successful replicas of lotuses, potrayed ‘Ashta Lakshmi,’ boys wore dhotis and turbans. The girls besides enacted the cooking of accepted homemade sweets successful a agrarian setting.
Teachers explained the taste value of the traditions. School analogous C. Subba Rao, teachers, parents and schoolhouse committee members attended the celebrations.
The Visakha Valley School besides hosted Sankranthi celebrations connected Thursday. The programme began with the lighting of the lamp by the schoolhouse main I. Eswari Prabhakar. Students entertained the assemblage done classical and people dances, portraying the 8 forms of Goddess Lakshmi. Kites were flown, and rangoli competitions were held. The accepted crockery `Pongali’ was prepared and children were blessed with the accepted offering of ‘Bogi Pallu’.
The A.P. Nurses Association, King George Hospital (KGH), celebrated Sankranti astatine the Radiology Gallery of KGH connected Thursday. The nurses presented skits reflecting the Sankranti traditions connected stage. Visakhapatnam South MLA Ch. Vamsi Krishna Srinivas, participated arsenic main guest, presented awards to women who took portion successful assorted competitions held implicit the past 2 days.
Dr. I. Vani, Superintendent, KGH, and Dr. KVSM Sandhya Devi, Principal, Andhra Medical College, were present.
