Sangh Parivar - Vasudhaiva Kutumbhkam
Balagokulam makes an impact
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 02:51 PM PDT
'Balagokulam’, a Sangh affiliated organisation of children, celebrated
Krishna Jayanti on Ashtami Rohini, September 11, 2009. Named
‘Gitamritham 5011’, the highlights of the celebrations this year were
‘Goupuja’, ‘Vrikshapuja’, ‘Nadhi-puja’ in 5,000 different corners of
the State in which lakhs participated.
On 12th evening cultural pageantry comprising of a large
number of children dressed as Krishna, gopa, gopis, kuchelas, Pandavas
and elephants along with traditional Kerala musical instruments, were
organised in almost 500 centres in the State. A large number of
parents, well-wishers and devotees participated in the cultural rally
singing Hare Rama Hare Krishna and both sides of the road were packed
with viewers. A welcome change from the usual political slogan
shouting.
Balagokulam, Kerala’s largest children’s organisation has
crossed all boundaries of caste, religion, political, social and
economic barriers. Even parents with communist background send their
children to Gita and Purana classes of ‘Balagokulam’ and to the annual
procession. Even comrades have no hesitation in participating in the
procession singing bhajans. Christians and Muslims also crowd in large
number to view the procession and encourage the children dressed in
Puranic costumes.
Malayala Manorama, largest Malayalam daily, gave maximum
publicity to the event giving scores of colour photos both in front
page and in special pull-outs. Other media (print and electronic) gave
wide coverage to the event.
Padma Shri P Parameswaran flagged off the procession in
Thiruvananthapuram, which started at Ganesh temple and ended at
Padmanabha temple. In many centres leading cultural icons, film
personalities, top government and police officials, professionals,
retired army officials etc. inaugurated the rally and participated in
various pujas.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
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