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Shri Chandana Vidyapeeth School
This year Shri Chandana Vidyapeeth (North London) took the opportunity to have two Mahavir Jayanti celebrations. The first was a 'Jain Nativity' play on Lord Mahavir on 18 March 2005. A packed hall of nearly two hundred adults and children were entertained by history brought to life. Queen Trishala's 14 dreams were enacted with real zest by the SCV children. The superb costumes, with an equally well-decorated stage, made the crowd enthused and delighted by what they experienced!
Another dimension that the play managed to provide was a mixture of tradition with contemporary ideas. The festivities and pomp surrounding this
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Young Jains UK Mahavir Janma Kalyanak was celebrated in true Young Jains style on 30 April 2005, at Canons High School in North London. The evening had a vibrant atmosphere with sound and colour interweaving with certain Jain principles. About sixty volunteers from Young Jains and children of Shri Chandana Vidyapeeth School put together exquisite dances, interactive skits and musical interludes.
Whilst the traditions of more than 2600 years ago were brought to life, the audience of 400 adults and children participated in the modern custom of blowing of candles and cake cutting. All the children and many adults paraded in a Jain flag procession, connecting all the age groups together. Finally, everyone took some cake as "prabhavna".
To remind Jains of the auspicious occasion of the birth of Lord Mahavir everyone was gifted a display card, which outlined important events during the fateful time for the world and Jain Dharma.
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birthday celebration were accompanied by cake cutting and party poppers; 'Happy birthday to Lord Mahavir' was sung by all present. The evening ended with everyone enjoying some ice cream, food and drink.
Then on the M.J. weekend more than twenty children from Shri Chandana Vidyapeeth also participated in a celebration organised jointly by Mahavir Foundation and Veerayatan UK on Sunday 24 April by reciting verses from the Bhaktamara Sutra.
If you would like to know more about this Jain School (Shri Chandana Vidyapeeth) contact Arti Jain (Head) at arti2000@hotmail.com
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