I have previously written about the mid-day school lunch at the Shanbhag High School and the primary Saraswati Vidya Kendra in Kumta. When I visited Kumta earlier this year, I took a few video snippets of students lining up for lunch and the KG students chanting the blessing.
At the Konkan schools, teachers too have a uniform saree. In the video, you see them helping. Seniors serve the lunch, while teachers help seat the kids and serve seconds.
Students chanting the blessing
Chant:
|| Annapurne sadapurne shankar pran vallabhe
Gyan vairagya siddhyartham bhiksham dehim cha parvatim.||
||Aham vaishvanaro bhutva praninam deham ashritaha
Prana apan sama yuktaha pachamya annam chaturvidham.||
The first two lines are from the Annapurna Stuti by Adi Sri Shankaracharya; the next two are from the Bhagavad Gita, 15:14.
where is kumta situated
Thank you Raghunath; Kumta is about 2 hours south of Goa by train; along the Konkan Coast. A beautiful area.
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the little children is future of india
God bless you!
Thank you
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