Yesterday was an auspicious day for all IIScians as we celebrated Janmashtami at midnight, due regards to the sincere efforts and excellent management by the Hindi Samiti. Though I myself could not contribute to the preparations, I derived enormous pleasure by just attending the worship ceremony of Lord Krishna. The ceremony consisted of a झांकी, an enchanting भजन संध्या, Lord Krishna's आरती, the most awaited जन्मोत्सव at midnight and प्रसाद वितरण when the programme drew to an end. The entire atmosphere was set reverberating by joyful devotional songs, sometimes formally in a chorus, otherwise by dedicated volunteers who used to chant them in groups out of sheer devotion to the lord, which made the programme further successful in every literal sense.
The entire programme reflected the fact that we at IISc are united at heart, in spite of being superficially divided in terms of language or religion.
"हाथी घोड़ा पालकी, जय कन्हैया लाल की |"
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