School Prayer

Where the mind is without fear,

and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free,

Where the world has not been broken up

Into fragments by narrow domestic walls,

Where words come out from the depth of truth.

Where tireless striving stretches its arms,

Towards perfection,

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way,

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit.

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action.

Into that heaven of freedom, my father,

Let my country awake.

(Extract from Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore)

Abode of Goddess of Learning and Knowledge

We hold that our achievements could not have come without the Grace of the Divine. As a mark of obeisance to Devi Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge there is a temple dedicated to Her in the School. A lamp kept burning ceaselessly, therein symbolizes eradication of darkness of ignorance with the light of knowledge – “तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय”. 

The School starts the day, invoking the blessings of the Goddess Saraswati :

 "He Sharde Maa,  He Sharde Maa,
  Agyanta se hame taarde Ma..."

हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ
अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ
हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ
हे शारदे माँ..

तू स्वर की देवी, ये संगीत तुझसे हर शब्द तेरा है, हर गीत तुझसे
हम है अकेले, हम है अधूरे तेरी शरण हम, हमें प्यार दे माँ
हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ

मुनियों ने समझी, गुनियों ने जानी वेदोंकी भाषा, पुराणों की बानी
हम भी तो समझे, हम भी तो जाने विद्या का हमको अधिकार दे माँ
हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ

तू श्वेतवर्णी, कमल पर विराजे हाथों में वीणा, मुकुट सर पे साजे
मनसे हमारे मिटाके अँधेरे, हमको उजालों का संसार दे माँ

हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ
हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ अज्ञानता से हमें तारदे माँ
हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ हे शारदे माँ, हे शारदे माँ

He Sharde Maa,  He Sharde Maa,
Agyanta se hame taarde Ma
Tu swarki Devi ye sangeet tujhse, 
har shabd tera hai har geet tujhse 
Ham hai akele, hum hai adhure, 
Teri sharan hum hame pyar de Ma

Muniyon ne samjhi, guniyon ne jaani,
Vedonki bhasha, Purano ki bani,
Ham bhi to samjhe, hum bhi to jaane,
Vidhya ka hamko adhikaar de Ma

Tu shwat varni kamal pe viraje,
Hathon me veena, mukut serpe saje
Manse hamare mitake andhere,
Humko ujalon ka sansaar de Ma

He Sharde Maa, He Sharde Maa
He Sharde Maa, He Sharde Maa