Commemorating the 197th birth anniversary of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, a Vedic havan for world peace was organised at the DAV Public School Chandrasekharpur here on Sunday in collaboration with the Arya Samaj, Odisha and the Abhibyakti Foundation.
A total of 111 pious altars were set up to complete the rituals. Acharya Dr Sudarshan Deb, Dr Priyabrata Das, Sanno Devi, Puneetjee, Anjali, Vinayajee, Subhas Patrijee among others joined as priests.DAV Regional Officer Dr KC Satapathy, Basanta Manjari Dash, Principals of DAV Schools across the State joined as guests. Kavita Gupta, Pramod Agrawal, Subrat Samal , Pradip Panda, Pramod Patra coordinated the programme.
A Vedic book stall was also installed in the premises. The entire arrangements were made following the Covid guidelines. Organisations like Marwadi Mahila Samiti, Aapno Parivar, Arya Samaj, Howrah assisted the programme.