Government teacher dons role of ‘Haridasu’ to revive interest in Sankranti festivities

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Tirupati-based authorities  teacher   Degala Mahesh creating consciousness  among schoolchildren connected  the value  of Sankranti festivities dressing up   arsenic  ‘Haridasu’.

Tirupati-based authorities teacher Degala Mahesh creating consciousness among schoolchildren connected the value of Sankranti festivities dressing up arsenic ‘Haridasu’. | Photo Credit: K.V. Pooranachandra Kumar

A authorities schoolhouse teacher successful Tirupati has embarked connected the task of creating consciousness and reviving involvement among children connected the past traditions associated with Sankranti festivities.

Degala Mahesh, moving arsenic Hindi teacher astatine Zilla Parishad High School astatine Muthyala Reddy Palle, has been highlighting the value of ‘Haridasu’ and ‘Gangireddulu’ to schoolhouse students, but this year, helium dressed himself arsenic a ‘Haridasu’ to make an impact.

A societal activist, societal media influencer and a blood/organ donor, Mr. Mahesh has been known to embark connected agelong region two-wheeler rides up to Kedarnath, Badrinath and different places to survey antithetic traditions.

“Bhogi and Sankranti person go specified holidays for the students. The contiguous procreation does not adjacent cognize however to gully a Rangoli up of a festival. It is for america elders to explicate the value of Haridasu and allied concepts,” Mr. Mahesh told The Hindu.

Mr. Mahesh, who is besides the founder-president of Hindu Upadhyaya Samithi, a voluntary organisation formed to support past practices and traditions, stops successful beforehand of schools, sings ‘Harilo Ranga Hari’ and makes the children sing on with him. He explains to them however the Haridasus utilized to execute ‘Harinama Sankirtan’ successful the villages and successful instrumentality person freshly-harvested grains into the ‘Akshaya Patra’ carried connected their head.

He has covered 4 specified schools during this month.

Published - January 14, 2026 08:12 p.m. IST

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