Team Mission5 celebrated Ganesha Festival with kids at Kannada Adarsha Mahila Makkala Samsthe, Parvati Nagar from 11 -15th September 2010.
The celebrations began with Ganesha Sthapana on 11th at the orphanage with children and M5 volunteers putting up a small Ganesha idol and all decorations done using bio-degradable materials.
A host of events including mehendi art competitition, rangoli competition, musical evening etc., was conducted on during the 5-day festival, among the kids and the volunteers.
The events in detail :
1. Ganesh Festival preparation [10th Sept]: Team Mission5 started with the decorations and preparations for the pooja at the orphanage.
2. Ganesh Sthapan [11th Sept]: A small idol of Ganesha, made up of wet mud was put up by the children and the volunteers at the orphanage. The pooja and arthi was attended by kids and volunteers, followed by lunch.
3. Musical Evening [12th Sept]: As part of the festival - musical chair event was organised at the orphanage. The programme was attended by 30 kids from orphanage, 10 women from Jyothinagar village and 10 volunteers of M5. The event concluded with Ganesh pooja and arthi, and distributing prasadam.
4. Rangoli Competition [13th Sept]: A total of 13 groups, comprising of 26 kids and 7 volunteers, were asked to make a design of 2x2 feet using rangoli. The colourf
ul eve concluded with Ganesh pooja and arthi.5. Mehendi Competition [14th Sept]: As part of this competition, 13 groups of two kids each were asked to create designs using mehendi. The event concluded with Ganesh pooja and arthi.
6. Ganesh Visarjan [15th Sept]: The final day of the 5-day fest saw the distribution of prizes to the winners of all the 3 events. Following, a short speech on importance of Ganesha festival and Lokmanya Tilak's message of unity in society through festival celebration, was given to the kids. Also, the kids were made aware of the motive of bringing out their creativity and doing something new through the celebrations during the 5-day festival.
The Ganesh Visarjan, sans colours and drums, was attended by all 26 kids and 8 M5 volunteers.
Please find more pictures of the event at our google group link - http://groups.google.co.in/group/mission5-blr
