In a unique celebration, about 1,100 school children blew ‘shankhs’ (conch shells) together for the success of Chandrayaan-3. Through the event the children also gave a message of universal brotherhood at Dehradoon Public School located at Domri here on Friday. Under the leadership of eminent astrologer Pandit Shivpujan Shastri, president of the Vedic Educational Research Society, these children celebrated the country’s space success and the entire area resonated with the sound of conch shell during the programme. The programme also marked the preparations for proposed Sri Lakshminarayan Mahayagya to be organised in Kashi from November 20 to 27 in the presence of leading scholar Lakshmi Prapanna Jeeyar Swami, disciple of Sant Shri Tridandi Swami. After almost a week’s practice, when the children started blowing conch shells together, the entire atmosphere reverberated with its melodious sound. According to information, during Sri Lakshminarayan Mahayagya, about 11,000 disciples and devotees of Jeeyar Swami who have come from country and abroad will blow the conch together on November 25 for world peace and the event will also be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. Dr Dhirendra Tiwari, chairman of the school and secretary of the Yagya Committee, termed the success of Chandrayaan-3 as a symbol of nation's pride and wished for success in future space missions.
School’s Managing Director Bhagwan Pandey, principal Rahul Mishra, Yajnesh Tripathi, Hareram Ojha, Kumar Abhishek, Surendra Pandey, Vijay Tiwari, Satyendra Upadhyay, Dinesh Tiwari and others were also present.
Earlier, in Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), the officers and employees celebrated the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission by the scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in the presence of Work Manager of BLW Mukesh Karidhal, brother of Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, one of the ISRO scientists engaged in Chandrayaan-3 Mission.
The employees gathered in front of ‘Kundan’, an old locomotive displayed in BLW premises and celebrated the mission waving the tricolour in their hands and raising slogans like ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’, ‘ISRO scientists Zindabad’ and ‘Har Har Mahadev’. Public Relations Officer (PRO) Rajesh Kumar said this is a big achievement of the country and with the successful landing of Vikram Lander on the lunar surface, India has moved towards becoming a world leader. Prominent among those present were Staff Council members Amit Yadav and Naveen Kumar Sinha, Arvind Srivastava, Amlesh Srivastava, Alok Kumar Singh, Gopal Ghatak, Rakesh Pandey, Anand Rai, Umesh Srivastava, Nilesh Kumar, Rajesh Singh and Brij Mohan Verma.