Over 400 students of the Montessori Public School performed puja to their parents and honoured them during the ‘Mata Pita Pujotsavam’ organised under the banner of the Sanatana Dharma Prachara Samiti here on Monday, ahead of Valentine’s Day. School headmistress Sucharita joined the students in honouring the parents of students.

The event was organised to mould children into responsible citizens, taking care of their parents well and not to blindly ape western cultural practices like the Valentine’s Day, Samiti Ongole chapter president J. Satyanarayana Raju.

After the break-up of the joint family system, parents were left in the lurch due to western cultural onslaught, said Samiti Ongole chapter secretary N. Bharata Sastri.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Ongole – February 10th, 2015