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Goddess of Education

In India, the prevailing religion is Hinduism which has multiple deities. One of these […]

Republic Day

Republic Day takes place annually on 26th January. It is the celebration of India’s […]

Welcome to 2021!

Whenever children in Bodhgaya have the opportunity to eat takeaway food, they invariably request […]

In India, the prevailing religion is Hinduism which has multiple deities. One of these is Saraswati who is revered as the Goddess of Knowledge, Art & Creativity. It is believed that Saraswati was born on Vasant Panchami Day which fell this year on 16th February. Her birthday is celebrated by worshipping books, and all things […]

Republic Day

26 January, 2021

Republic Day takes place annually on 26th January. It is the celebration of India’s constitution coming into effect in 1950. This completed the transition of India becoming a republic with a democratic governmental system after gaining independence from Britain 1947. In schools, colleges & workplaces throughout the country, Republic Day is celebrated by raising of […]

Welcome to 2021!

2 January, 2021

Whenever children in Bodhgaya have the opportunity to eat takeaway food, they invariably request chowmein, a Chinese noodle dish which is suprisingly available all over India. Another favourite dish for children is momos – Tibetan styled dumplings with vegetable or other fillings, steamed or fried. Through the kind generosity of one our supporters, we were […]

Back at Last!

26 November, 2020

All educational institutions in Bihar were closed in mid-March due to Covid-19. We were hopeful at different times in May, June, July, August & September that Elsa Primary School would reopen. Finally, the school was given permission to operate again on 15th October! Our students are very happy to be back after missing so much […]

Eager to Learn

27 July, 2020

Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, all schools and colleges in Bihar were closed on 15th March. Initially, there was a nation wide lockdown for six weeks. After that, there was a series of rolling lockdowns with restrictions easing to some extent in June. However, in July after further Covid-19 cases in Bihar, lockdown was re-imposed in the state […]

Celebrating Ten Years!

17 April, 2020

Elsa Primary School just celebrated its ten year anniversary! The school was opened in 2010 in Harijan Colony, Bodhgaya and since then has expanded in various ways, for example, numbers of students and teachers have increased. For some time, students of various grades were taught in one large class room. However, at the beginning of […]

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