IEP Chandigarh, February 19
Cultural function, performances and competitions marked the conclusion of the three-day Chandigarh Rose Festival at Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh with the Adviser to the Administrator Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS distributing various prizes to the winners of all competitions held during the Rose Festival.
Sh. Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh, Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Secretary Local Government, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, other senior officers and councilors of MCC were also present during the occasion.
The Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed prizes to winners of various competitions, participants of cultural events, band parties as well as gardeners. The Adviser lauded the efforts of all the team of officers to make the Rose festival success. Councilors and all senior officers were present during the prize distribution function.
On the occasion of the Rose festival there were so many programs that were performed on the third day.
The third day was started with yoga session followed by Morning Raga, which is a classical performance by Swar Ragini mestro Pt. Subhash Ghosh ji.
After this various folk dances were also performed by different groups to showcase various cultures of India and performances include Devrath folk dance, Bhangra, kalbelia, ghoomar. After this renowned Magician Pardeep Kumar had performed a very great magic show for everyone and all this performances enthralled the public alot.
And finally very beautiful the light and sound show just melted the hearts of the audience by its attractiveness.
During the day functions, various competitions were held including on the spot painting competition. The results of the on the spot painting are as under:
Group ‘A’ (Age 5-8 Years)
1st Prize : Riaan S/o Manoj Kumar
2nd Prize : Amyra Sharma D/o Umesh Sharma
3rd Prize : Salansh Mehta S/o Ankush Mehta
Consolation Prize: Ritanya D/o Mani Shankar
Group ‘B’ (Age 8-11 Years)
1st Prize : Dhvani Arora D/o Gopal Krishan
2nd Prize : Jagatveer Singh S/o Sarbjit Singh
3rd Prize : Agamjot Kaur D/o Harmanpreet Singh
Consolation Prize : Sanvi Chauhan D/o Rav Chauhan
Group ‘C’ (Age 11-14 Years)
1st Prize : Bhavini D/o Gaurav Malhotra
2nd Prize : Sanvi D/o Sandeep Kapita
3rd Prize : Mishthi D/o Sachin Kaushik
Consolation Prize : Japneet Kaur D/o Lachhman Singh
Group ‘D’ (Age 14-17 Years)
1st Prize : Dhriti Puri D/o Dhiraj Puri
2nd Prize : Abhishek Kumar S/o Ramesh Sah
3rd Prize : Harshita D/o Suresh Kumar
Consolation Prize: Lakshitta D/o Rohit Kakkaa
Group ‘E’ (Differently able children (p) no age bar)
1st Prize Leeza D/o Deep Kumar
2nd Prize Aarti D/o Siya Ram
3rd Prize Sakshi D/o Devinder Singh
Consolation Prize: Chandani
Group ‘F’ (Differently able children (m) no age bar)
1st Prize Pragati Bharwal D/o Nand
2nd Prize Gungun D/o Bhaiya Lal
3rd Prize Kishan S/o Rajdev Dass
Consolation Prize: Armaanpreet S/o Sikander Singh
Another major attraction was the Antkashri competition in which various children participated. There were four groups in the final round and the results are as under:
1st Jasagam Kaur & Rohan Atwal (GGDSD College Sector 32, Chandigarh)
2nd Deeti Kaushik & Manisha (GCE, Sector 20-D, Chandigarh)
3rd Chayanika Garg & Upagya Chandel ( PGGCG, Sector 11, Chandigarh)
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