Today, the flowers bloomed more than usual, gave more fragrance than usual because it was the day when Guru blessed them and their Shishyas. The prayer hall of the school had a spiritual touch and ambience of prayer that the shishyas offered.
On this pious occasion we were blessed by the presence of P. Kothari Swamiji, P. Yogi Swamiji, P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji, P. Suhrad Swamiji and P. Mahatmya Swamiji. Through their vaani, these saints gave us an insight of what and who a Guru is, why is He important in our lives. The school’s youngest musicians with the company of our music teachers Somnath Sir and Jaimin Sir offered a prayer in form of the bhajan “Guru maat pita, guru bandhu sakha” to God and to the saints present there.
Moving ahead, the flowers that bloomed more than usual today, were gathered and offered to each of the saints, principal, administrator and other guests. It was the time now to seek blessings from the saints. P. Suhrad Swamiji blessed us by sharing with us that actually following His aagnas was the true sense of guru poojan. Next he explained that the role of a guru in one’s life was to take us on the path of positivity from negativity. Then, Somnath Sir amazingly sung the bhajan “Guru charanan ni hu rajkan chhu” (meaning “O Lord, let us be in your feet and serve you”) brilliantly accompanied on the tabla by Jaimin Sir. The bhajan echoed the words spoken by P. Suhrad Swamiji and left the audience even more inspired.
Finally, P. Kothari Swamiji blessed us through His speech explaining the true significance of the day i.e. remembering guru in each and every deed we do and offering our bad habits to God and Guru and asking for strength to follow the good ones.
The function ended by all the students and staff getting an opportunity of rare fortune of offering poojan to P. Kothari Swamiji and praying personally of what good we wanted to follow. After the poojan we received Prasad from P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji and dispersed, enlightened, to our respective hostels.
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Inter House Skating Competition 2012-13
/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Sports /by AVM TeachersThe event was planned and managed by the school’s highly dedicated Sports Department. The school was divided into four groups:
1. Beginners: Std. 3rd
2. Sub-junior: Std. 4th and 5th
3. Junior: Std. 6th and 7th
4. Senior: Std. 8th, 9th and 10th
There was one event for the Beginners: the Short Distance Race.
1. Short Distance Race
2. Long Distance Race.
Overall Result (House-wise)
One could sense a lot a enthusiasm amongst all the participants and you could feel their efforts on the skating rink. The following students did their respective houses proud by their especially excellent performances:
Compiled by: AVM Sports Team
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 2012 Announcement
/0 Comments/in Career /by AVM TeachersA tribute to the Guru-Shishya Parampara
/0 Comments/in AVM Updates, Value Based Education /by AVM StudentsOn this pious occasion we were blessed by the presence of P. Kothari Swamiji, P. Yogi Swamiji, P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji, P. Suhrad Swamiji and P. Mahatmya Swamiji. Through their vaani, these saints gave us an insight of what and who a Guru is, why is He important in our lives. The school’s youngest musicians with the company of our music teachers Somnath Sir and Jaimin Sir offered a prayer in form of the bhajan “Guru maat pita, guru bandhu sakha” to God and to the saints present there.
Moving ahead, the flowers that bloomed more than usual today, were gathered and offered to each of the saints, principal, administrator and other guests. It was the time now to seek blessings from the saints. P. Suhrad Swamiji blessed us by sharing with us that actually following His aagnas was the true sense of guru poojan. Next he explained that the role of a guru in one’s life was to take us on the path of positivity from negativity. Then, Somnath Sir amazingly sung the bhajan “Guru charanan ni hu rajkan chhu” (meaning “O Lord, let us be in your feet and serve you”) brilliantly accompanied on the tabla by Jaimin Sir. The bhajan echoed the words spoken by P. Suhrad Swamiji and left the audience even more inspired.
Finally, P. Kothari Swamiji blessed us through His speech explaining the true significance of the day i.e. remembering guru in each and every deed we do and offering our bad habits to God and Guru and asking for strength to follow the good ones.
The function ended by all the students and staff getting an opportunity of rare fortune of offering poojan to P. Kothari Swamiji and praying personally of what good we wanted to follow. After the poojan we received Prasad from P. Gyanswaroop Swamiji and dispersed, enlightened, to our respective hostels.
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Investiture Ceremony 2012-13
/0 Comments/in 21st Century Skills, AVM Updates /by AVM Students30th June 2012 was a very auspicious day for the students as well as the staff members of Atmiya Vidya Mandir as it was the day of honouring the newly elected members of the student council. The ceremony started at 11:30 AM after the usual Saturday school hours.
The newly elected Head Boy: Vikas Patel, Vice Head Boy: Rohan Shingala, Sports Captain: Harshill Soni and the captains and vice captains of various houses marched towards the stage for the oath taking ceremony. They were followed by a highly enthusiastic team of house prefects. All the council members were then conferred their titles and responsibilities by the respective house teachers through pinning up the badges. These stars, shining due to their achievements, badges and most importantly their determination and humility, then took their oaths administered by the school principal.
2012-13 Student Council Elections
/0 Comments/in 21st Century Skills, AVM Updates /by AVM StudentsThe students who were shortlisted for the posts of House Captains and House Vice Captains in the council gave their campaign speeches during the Monday-Thursday morning assemblies. The nominees for the post of Vice Head Boy & Sports Captain appealed for votes on Friday. Whereas the nominees for the central post of the council i.e. Head Boy tried to win the hearts of students and teachers and appealed for votes on Saturday.
The results of the elections were as follows:
Head Boy: Vikas Patel (Class 11 Commerce)
Vice Head Boy: Rohan Shingala (Class 9)
Sports Captain: Harshill Soni (Class 9)
Satyam House
Captain: Sachin Verlekar (Class 10)
Vice Captain: Jay Vankawala (Class 8)
Shivam House
Captain: Het Adhvaryu (Class10)
Vice Captain: Abhishek Patel (Class 8)
Sundaram House
Captain: Tanmay Patel (Class 10)
Vice Captain: Vaishvik C Patel (Class 8)
Suhradam House
Captain: Harsh Vaghela (Class 10)
Vice Captain: Vaishvik B Patel (Class 8)
And thus starts a new journey of Atmiya Vidya Mandir for a yet another year led by these remarkable student leaders.
Compiled by: Ishan Vaghasiya, Purva Patel, Romal Patel, Aditya Patel (12th Science)
Std 1st and 2nd visit the Zoo
/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by AVM TeachersStudents’ Birthdays – July 2012
/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by AVM TeachersAdmission Notification 2012-13 based on MHT-CET
/0 Comments/in Career /by AVM TeachersAdmission Announcements 2012-13 at a few good places – 5
/0 Comments/in Career /by AVM TeachersShowers of His Divine Blessings
/0 Comments/in AVM Updates /by AVM StudentsOur joy knew no bounds when we had the divine presence of H.D.H Hariprasad Swamiji here at AVM campus on 12th June 2012. It is an incredibly amazing feeling to know that Swamiji remembers us and knows about us from wherever He is and His care and concern for us are irrespective of time and distance. He spares time and visits us so that we are able to be more focused and concentrated in our studies so that we flourish with the talent we are gifted with.
In His meeting with students, this time, before going for videsh vicharan, Swamiji gave certain guidelines to students such as “parents ne raji karva, na awade to teacher nu mathu khavu, Sara mitro no sang rakhvo ane 70% minimum marks and to avoid movies in order to develop an unwavering focus…” so that we try our best to live up to these approaches (maxims) and results will be rewarding. Still our fickle mind wanders and sometimes our eyes are off from our goals but for Swamiji’s deep concern and love as He personally comes here to bless us, to restore our clarity of mind and determination towards our goal.
We are sure that we will remain ever happy with His constantly flowing grace upon us; Swamiji’s plans for our life are better, bigger and higher than our dreams.
We are very fortunate that our future is being shaped under His kind guidance (with His divine touch) so that we can be instrumental (nimit bhoolku) to convey the message of Atmiyata to the world tomorrow.
Written by: Yathansh K. Joshi (Std 7)