Krishna Janmashtami is also known as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami. It is an annual festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. The same was celebrated by the Kamal Institute of Higher Education and Advance Technology on 23rd August 2019 (Friday) with great pomp and show. The institute organized various events and competitions to celebrate the occasion such as:
• Cooking without flame competition
• Rangoli competition
• Poster Making competition
• Poetry and Bhajan Samaroh
1. Cooking without Flame – It is an art, technology and craft of preparing food without fire. The students of BBA, BCA, B.COM and BA(JMC) participated in it. The event started at 11:30 AM and it was judged by Mrs. Archana Mam from Kamal Model Sr. Sec. School, Mohan Garden. The students made very delicious and mouth watering dishes such as pudding, petha laddo, coconut laddo, sandwich, milkmaid with crushed marielite laddos, etc. The winners of the competition were:
1st Position- Leena Aggarwal & Nishtha Tyagi (Pudding & Petha Laddo)
2nd Position- Pawan Arora & Ankit Kumar Singh (Milkmaid & Marielite Laddos)
Nancy & Pooja (Coconut Laddo)
3rd Position – Anamika Kashyap & Saumya Girdhar (Sandwich & Chaats )
2. Rangoli Competition – Rangoli is an art form which originated in Indian sub-continentin which patterns are created on the floor or the ground using colors, sand, colored rice, flower petals etc. The event started at 12:00 PM and was judged by Mr. Shravan Sir from Kamal Model Sr. Sec. School. The students from various courses participated to showcase their art. The winners of the competition were:
1st Position – Shruti and Sonam
2nd Position – Leena Aggarwal and Ritika Raj
3rd Position – Aryan and group
3. Poster Making Competition – A Poster is a temporary promotion of an idea, product or event put up in a public space for mass appeal. The event started at 1:00 PM and was judged by Mr. Shravan Sir. The topic for poster making was “Janmashtami” and the students made beautiful posters of Lord Krishna. The winners of the competition were:
1st Position – Sujata (BBA, 3rd year)
2nd Position – Ritika
3rd Position – Divya (BBA, 3rd year ) and Muskan
4. Poetry and Bhajan Samaroh – Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic quality of languages to evoke meanings in addition to the prosaic ostensible meaning. The event started at 12:30 PM and was judged by Mrs. Sanju Mishra Mam and Mrs. Dolly Mendiratta Mam from Kamal Model Sr. Sec. School. The students from various courses participated and presented beautiful poems and bhajans which mesmerized the audience. The winners of the competition were:
1st Position – Sarthak Bansal (B.COM, 2nd year)
2nd Position – Pragati Upadhyay (B.COM, 2nd year)
3rd Position – Nishtha Tyagi (BBA, 2nd year)
All the winners were awarded with certificates. Novels were given to first position holders. To encourage and motivate the students, certificates were awarded to all the participants also.
At 2:00 PM, all the students and faculties gathered to celebrate the birth of ‘Lord Krishna’. The students made a beautiful Mandir and decorated the idol of Krishna with flowers and colors. Everyone joined for aarti and bhajans. Radha-Krishna dance was performed by the students and faculties also joined them. The Prasad was distributed to each and everyone after the pooja. All the students, teachers and other staff members enjoyed a lot and it was a memorable day for everyone.