City school celebrates Dasara doll festival, Ramayana stories are centre of attraction

BENGALURU: The popular doll festival was celebrated as part of the Dasara festivities at Shri Vidyamanya Vidya Kendra School in Sunkadakatte to teach the younger generation about the importance of Indian culture, traditions and values, as well as traditional festivals.

Models the famed Mysuru Dasara and Jamboo Savari are displayed at Shri Vidyamanya Vidya Kendra School in Sunkadakatte.

The management and the teaching staff introduced the students to Sri Ramayana Vaibhava, Pattada Gombe, Sri Krishna Leela, Puri Paramapurusha Jagannath Vaibhava, Indian tribes and villages and Mysuru Dasara procession through miniature doll display. The highlight was a display on the entire Ramayana stories.

Miniature dolls depict tribal and village lifestyles in the city’s school.

“Our festival is unique and holds special meaning. The younger generation should recognise the significance of these festivals and follow all traditions. Such customs are currently less prevalent. Therefore, we have been displaying miniature dolls on different themes in the school to promote them.

Bharat, Director, Vidyamanya Vidya Kendra.

“We have depicted the Ramayana tales from Rama’s birth to Lava-Kusha’s coronation. In addition to collecting all the dolls, we also added other concepts. For the past seven years, we have been continuing this practice. These displayed dolls have all been collected over the last seven years,” said Bharat, Director, Vidyamanya Vidya Kendra.

Students look at the displayed dasara dolls in the school.

“For the past seven years, we have been celebrating Dasara by displaying Dasara dolls in our school, and we are happy to celebrate. We are representing Mysuru. All the mythological stories are displayed here. We can understand the tales very well through the doll display,” said Poorvika, a student of Vidyamanya Vidya Kendra.

Ranjitha, a parent.

“They display Dasara dolls very well in this school. We have grown up seeing all these traditions, but over time, these customs have faded. During our school days, there was no such celebration. We are happy that our children can understand these traditions, “said Ranjitha, a parent.

Dasara dolls depicting stories from the Ramayana.