Varanasi: Town witnessed the annual Dand-Kanduk Kridayam (cricket) at Sampurnanand Sports activities Stadium in Sigra space on Saturday with Shastrarth Mahavidyalaya organising the occasion to mark its 79th basis day.
Students have been seen taking part in the match carrying dhoti-kurta and sporting a ‘tripund’ on their foreheads. The commentary throughout the matches was additionally performed in Sanskrit with the commentators too carrying the standard apparel of dhoti and kurta. Sanskrit college students entered the bottom reciting Manglacharan and Veda mantras.
Yearly, the match is held on the sports activities floor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit College. This 12 months, it was held at Sigra stadium. Metropolis South MLA Neelkanth Tiwari inaugurated the match and launched himself to the Batuks (Vedic college students) in Sanskrit.
Earlier within the day, the previous principal of the faculty, Ganesh Dutt Shastri and supervisor Vinod Rao Pathak welcomed the MLA by providing ang-vastram. The MLA stated the Vedic college students shouldn’t be handled solely as Vedapathis, however must also be given the chance to hone their abilities in each discipline, together with sports activities. The commentary in Sanskrit was performed by the students of grammar Sheshnarayan Mishra and Vikas Dixit. Programme coordinator and principal Pawan Kumar Shukla stated this distinctive occasion was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the “Mann Ki Baat” programme in 2021.
All guidelines within the match have been nearly much like that of any worldwide match. Former gamers Dheeraj Mishra and Anuj Nishi Tiwari have been umpires and Ashok Pandey as referee. 4 groups from Shri Shastrath Mahavidyalaya, International Chandramouli Charitable Sanskrit Institute, Challa Shastri Ved-Vedang Sanskrit College and Shri Bhagwan Vishnu Swami Satua Baba Sanskrit College took half within the match.
Students have been seen taking part in the match carrying dhoti-kurta and sporting a ‘tripund’ on their foreheads. The commentary throughout the matches was additionally performed in Sanskrit with the commentators too carrying the standard apparel of dhoti and kurta. Sanskrit college students entered the bottom reciting Manglacharan and Veda mantras.
Yearly, the match is held on the sports activities floor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit College. This 12 months, it was held at Sigra stadium. Metropolis South MLA Neelkanth Tiwari inaugurated the match and launched himself to the Batuks (Vedic college students) in Sanskrit.
Earlier within the day, the previous principal of the faculty, Ganesh Dutt Shastri and supervisor Vinod Rao Pathak welcomed the MLA by providing ang-vastram. The MLA stated the Vedic college students shouldn’t be handled solely as Vedapathis, however must also be given the chance to hone their abilities in each discipline, together with sports activities. The commentary in Sanskrit was performed by the students of grammar Sheshnarayan Mishra and Vikas Dixit. Programme coordinator and principal Pawan Kumar Shukla stated this distinctive occasion was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the “Mann Ki Baat” programme in 2021.
All guidelines within the match have been nearly much like that of any worldwide match. Former gamers Dheeraj Mishra and Anuj Nishi Tiwari have been umpires and Ashok Pandey as referee. 4 groups from Shri Shastrath Mahavidyalaya, International Chandramouli Charitable Sanskrit Institute, Challa Shastri Ved-Vedang Sanskrit College and Shri Bhagwan Vishnu Swami Satua Baba Sanskrit College took half within the match.