🌾 Puja Ceremonies held at Carnevali Schools

Puja Ceremony held at

Gajularam School

Carnevali Foundation recently held a Puja (aka Pooja) to celebrate the ground breaking inauguration of the Gajularam School. The photo above shows the Headmaster, Faculty, and Carnevali Foundation team gathering for the ceremony. This school will have six new classrooms and a new library.

Puja is an ancient Hindu ritual of honoring and worship that involves prayer, offerings (like Navadhanya pictured below), and chanting. It often includes celebration of an event or honoring a guest.

Navadhanya (an assortment of 9 grains) holds immense significance in Hindu culture, serving as a symbol of abundance, prosperity, and spiritual fulfillment. The offering of nine grains is not only a gesture of devotion but also a reflection of the interconnectedness of life and the divine. The nine grains commonly used are wheat, rice, mung beans, chickpeas, sesame seeds, black gram, horse gram, pigeon pea, and hyacinth bean.

Breaking of coconuts, lighting of incense sticks, and use of Haldi (Turmeric) and Kumkum (Vermillion) is also part of the Puja ritual. These are used to symbolize purity, prosperity, and protection to help ward off negative energy.

The components of a Puja vary greatly according to the community and region in India.

Puja Ceremony at Lenin Nagar School

Shown in top photo is the Carnevali Foundation Team at the Puja to celebrate the start of this school project. Bottom photo shows the completed Lenin Nagar School.

Puja Ceremony at Shiva Nagar School

Shown in top photo are Rotarian members from India and the USA, and the Carnevali Foundation Team at the Puja to celebrate the completion of the Shiva Nagar School (shown on bottom photo).

Carnevali Foundation in the News!

We are excited to announce we’ve made it into the local newspaper.

A school renovation in a underdeveloped neighborhood is exciting news to the community. Below is the Telugu article - translation below in English.

We will Renovate Government Schools

to match Corporate Schools

Carnevali Foundation members Perform a Puja at Ground-breaking Ceremony for additional classrooms

"The Carnevali Foundation aims to renovate government schools that have fallen into disrepair to match corporate schools", said Carnevali Foundation Founder, Jackie Carnevali. Recently, officials demolished the primary school in Gajularam due to its dilapidated condition. This led to difficulties for students, prompting the Carnevali Foundation to perform the ground-breaking for the construction of additional classrooms at a cost of ₹70 Lakhs ($80K USD) on Friday.

Speaking on the occasion, they mentioned that they are proactively constructing two classrooms to prevent future issues for students and that the remaining classrooms will be completed in phases. The event was attended by Director Atluri Radhika, Chandrasekhar, Hari, Principal and Bindu.

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