VGN Chinmaya Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School
AVADI

Chinmayam Alap is an initiative started in the year 2019 with a noble vision to provide the opportunity for students of neighbourhood schools to hone their special skills through inter-school competition. The competition serves as a platform to identify talents and showcase potential. The participants are enthused to groom the skills that an ideal student ought to have and many more too! Chinmayam Alap for 2020-an interschool online exposition was held on 12th February 2021. The event commenced with an invocation followed by lighting of the kuthuvilaku. Principal Smt. Latha Ganesan gave the welcome address and declared open the second edition of the Chinmayam Alap. Students presented the Power point presentation on the topic Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India – (KTPI). Participants were given a choice of five topics under KTPI as given below:
Arthashastra – Economics
Rasayana – Chemical Sciences
Ayurveda – Biological Sciences
PrakritiVidya – Ecological and Environmental Science
VastuVidya – Architecture
The participants were thoroughly thrilled to revisit the past and study the glorious knowledge tradition of our ancient culture. The event witnessed participation from 18 schools (2 students per team) and each presentation gave an insight in to the traditional practices of our country. The guests of honour and the judges of the competition were Smt.Gayathri M. & Sri. Sajeevkumar S., KTPI Educators, CIRS, Coimbatore. The Judges shared their feedback and threw light on the topic from their expertise with the words of wisdom. The curtains for the event were drawn down with the announcement of the results followed by the formal vote of thanks.

Pongal festival, the harvest festival of South India, dedicated to Sun God was celebrated with special events performed by children of std. VIII. The celebrations began with an invocation, which was followed by a variety programme. The festival was celebrated with true spirit and festival fervour.

26th January, 1950 is a ‘dream-come-true-day’ of the Indian history. This day every year is celebrated all over the nation as Republic Day. The day on which the governing document of India turned the nation into a newly formed republic. Our Vidyalaya observed this day with all due observances. The celebration started with the invocation. The Principal welcomed the viewers, unfurled the tricolour and shared the day’s message. Children came up, bubbling with patriotism and enthusiasm, with a dance, a Tamil speech on, ‘Why do we celebrate the Republic Day?’, an English speech on ‘Four Pillars of Democracy’ and the most interesting aspect – a photo album on children dressed as National Leaders. It was thrilling to see the children instilled with patriotism and moral values.

National Science Day is celebrated every year on 28th February. This day commemorates the colossal achievement/contribution of Sir C.V.Raman – the Raman effect, which throws light upon the behaviour of light. This year, National Science Day was celebrated in our Vidyalaya on 2.3.2021. Dr.A.Subrahmanyam, Retd, Professor, IIT Madras was the guest of the day. The celebration comprised of the guest’s elaborate presentation (A/V) on the various interesting facts in Physics. This motivated and inspired the young minds to aspire to achieve. Students of class XI presented a discourse on: “Future of STI: Impacts on Education, Skills and Work”.

International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March every year. This year it was celebrated on the theme ‘Choose To Challenge’, which indicates that a “challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.” Students of class XI, overwhelmingly came forward to wish the teachers by presenting a creative flower bouquet inscribing the fine qualities of women. They shared their happiness and expressed the gratitude by distributing sweets. It was a day of recognition, joy and realization of women empowerment.

Maha Shivratri is one of the most significant Hindu festivals that celebrate the convergence of Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakthi, which is observed by remembering Lord Shiva and chanting mantras, prayers and fasting. Maha Shivratri was celebrated in our vidyalaya on 10.03.2021 by chanting Bhajans and Lingashtakam. Special arti and prayers were offered invoking the grace and blessings of Lord Shiva for peace, health and prosperity.

Shri Tapovan Maharaj is the renowned Guru of our Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayanandaji. This ardent disciple carried out the Guru’s preaching of propagating the Gita to the masses and thus brought the Gita from the Pooja room to the living room. Children of our Vidyalaya, were a part of this magnificent global event by chanting Tapovan Shatakam, Bhagvad Gita – Chapters 12 & 15 and by rendering Bhagavad Gita arti at the school premises. Our parents, teachers and students present in the event organized to mark the Gita Jayanti in our school and they also witnessed the live streamed YouTube programme of our students. Thus it was a Global endeavour to ‘Go with Gita and Grow with Gita’.

Rakshita of std III, performed Shloka Chanting which was aired on Sri Shankara TV on 29th December 2020 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Diwali – the ‘Festival of lights’ was celebrated with all glory and vigour. Students of class 7 took the initiative for the celebrations. The celebration, as usual started with the invocation, which was followed by the welcome speech and dance. A speech on ‘How to celebrate safe Diwali’ was synonymous to the present situation. A spectacular dance and the Principal’s address made the celebration complete. After the compilation of the events, the celebration was webcasted on 12th November, 2020.

Children’s Day is celebrated across India to increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children on 14th November every year. It’s customary that on children’s day, the teachers entertain the children through various ways. This year, our teachers, came forward enterprisingly to amuse the children online through songs and a puppet show. An animated version of story by our Gurudev was also inclusive of the celebration

The Karuna Club for the year 2020-21 was inaugurated on 24thNovember, 2020 online. Children of classes 6 - 8 were the participants. Dr.RatanChand Sharma, Life Member, Karuna International, Shri.PaulBhaskran, Speaker, Karuna International and Shri Rama Murugesan, Chief Educational Officer, Karuna International graced the occasion by being the guests of honor. The highlights of the inaugural ceremony are: Invocation, which was followed by the Karuna Prayer and the Karuna Pledge; the Principal, Smt.Latha Ganesan, introduced the guests and welcomed the participants; after the guest's address, the Annual Report of the Karuna Club of the year 2019-20 was unravelled. After the proposal of thanks, the ceremony found a wholesome culmination.

The 138th birthday of the very prominent Tamil poet, SubramaniyaBharathi, popularly known as ‘MahakaviBharathi’, which is actually on 11th December 2020 was celebrated on 9th December 2020 by students of classes 9 - 11. This passionate poet, though a polyglot, has Tamil poetry as his signature. Prof.Smt.ManimegalaiSiddharthan M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. was the guest of the day. The highlights of the online celebration were a dance, poetry recitation and a song. The chief guest, being a Tamil professor and an enthusiast, addressed the viewers and roused their love for the language.

The Government of India, had taken the initiative to celebrate “Vigilance Awareness Week” from 27.10.2020 to 2.11.2020. The students of our Vidyalaya observed this week in various ways at various levels on the theme: ‘Vigilant India, Prosperous India’; classes VI to VIII did poster making; classes XI & X participated in the essay competition and classes X & XI did a PPT presentation on ‘Ancient Kingdom in India which sustained the path of righteousness and ‘Chanakya Neeti’ respectively.

The program started off well with the invocation followed by madam principals welcome address. The procedures of the pooja begun step by step with the teachers’ guidance. To fan the fire of love of the children for their parents. ‘Mathru Stavanam’ was sung and explained after the pooja which was followed by Devi Krithi. This beautiful and sensational event was made complete with the vote of thanks by a student. Few parents came forward to share their feedback about the event which was encouraging, they thanked the management for arranging such sessions which strengthened the roots of the Indian culture.

The birthday of the great national leader, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who is popularly known as ‘The Iron Man of India’ is celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas on 31st October 2020. The day was observed duly by the children of classes VI to VIII taking the ‘Integrity Pledge’ during the online classes.

In an endeavour to create awareness on bullying in schools which has severe consequences in the lives of students, which ranges from low self-esteem and depression, the ‘International Day against violence and bullying (including Cyber Bullying) at school’ was commemorated on 05.11.2020, under the theme ‘Together against Bullying’ in school.’ Students of classes IX to XI participated in a case study competition on Cyber Bullying.

Ganesh Chaturthi, the janmadhin of the Lord, who shatters all obstacles and is a symbol of immense knowledge, was celebrated on 21.08.2020 online. Children of std II took part in the celebrations. Special speeches spinning around the glory and power of lord Ganesha, storytelling, graceful dances, and bhajans made the celebration. The highlight of the celebration was the photo show (slide show) of clay modelling done by students of class II of Lord Ganesha. The celebration ended with the Arti.

"Teaching is the noblest professions of all". Teachers' Day, was observed and celebrated by students of 9, 10 & 11 online on 5.9.2020. Students paid their respects, devotion and love they had harboured for the teachers through way of poetry, speeches, dance, drawing/painting, songs and the best part of the show was the online games conducted for teachers and a skit in the vernacular, with 'the intricacies of online teaching' as the theme by students of std X. It was overwhelming to see the students shower their love upon the teachers.

The 74th Independence Day was celebrated on 15.08.2020 with due procedures and glory. The fervour of the day was very well brought out through motivational and patriotic speeches, songs and dances. Our Principal Smt.Latha Ganesan hoisted the National Flag and addressed the viewers

Gandhi Jayanthi of this year, 2.10.2020, was commemorated by offering Bhajan Sandhya online to the matchless National Leader. The Bhajan Sandhya comprised of 'Vaishnava Janatho' and some Ram Bhajans. Students from classes 3 to 8 took part in the Bhajan Sandhya.

The Navratri Celebrations of this year, was organised by the Chinmaya Mission on a large scale, under the label, 'NAVRATRI UTSAV' and the theme as: ‘Glorious temples of Tamilnadu and Hindu Literature", from 17.10.2020 - 25.10.2020. On the first day, 17.10.2020, our vidyalaya was a part of the utsav through performances of kathakalatchebam, villu paatu and virtual tour around the Madurai Meenakshi Amman and Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temples. On all the nine days, the colour kolam, sloka and bhajan pertaining to that day's godess Devi were done; dance and bhajan were done on alternative days by students of std 6. Thus it was a real triumph though virtually celebrated, of good over evil.

The Janmashtami celebrations took place on 11.08.2020. This program was done exclusively by the KG kids. The celebration began with the invocation, which was followed by the welcome address by the Principal. Speech on Lord Krishna, bhajans and two solo dances were performed by the UKG children. The photo collage session wherein LKG children had dressed themselves up as Krishna and Radha stole the show. It was a holistic show, culminating with the pooja arti.

'Guru Purnima' - the day dedicated to respect and worship 'Gurus' was celebrated on 5th July, 2020, online. The value of respecting and worshipping Gurus is imbibed into our children through many ways and celebrating 'Guru Purinma' is one such a way. The celebration included Swami Swaroopanandaji's message; Swami Abhedanandaji's talk on Gurupurnima; guru bhajans, speech on guru bhakthi and Guru ashtothra namavali. The celebration was complete with the blessings of the Guru.

Children participated enthusiastically and chanted Gita chapter 2. The compiled version of the program was webcast on the Guru Aradhana Day.

'Thiru Onam' was celebrated online. Children of class 5 took part in the gaiety through Malayalam songs, dance, speeches on the glory of the festival and the best highlight of the event was the photo session, bearing the pictures of the students with the 'pookalam' made by them. The whole program was spectacular. The compiled version of the program was webcast on 2.9.2020.