{"id":42446,"date":"2018-08-27T01:42:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=42446"},"modified":"2018-08-27T01:42:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T20:12:47","slug":"raj-bhavan-celebrates-raksha-bandhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/08\/27\/raj-bhavan-celebrates-raksha-bandhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Raj Bhavan celebrates Raksha Bandhan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Aug 26:<\/strong> Students from various schools and representatives of social organisations gathered at the Raj Bhavan here on Sunday to celebrate Raksha Bandhan.<br \/>\n&#8220;Raksha Bandhan is the foundation for the collective endeavour towards the wellbeing and empowerment of the women in the Indian culture,&#8221; Governor BD Mishra said.<br \/>\nReiterating that Raksha Bandhan is &#8220;a celebration of humanism, responsibility and sanctity of relationship,&#8221; Mishra called upon the people of the state to strengthen the endearing relationship among all the folds.<br \/>\nThe governor exhorted the children and members of social organizations to promote and propagate peace and harmony amongst all sections of the society, which he underscored as &#8220;the prerequisite for development and prosperity of the state and its people.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe governor&#8217;s wife, Neelam Misra, celebrated the festive occasion with the children of Donyi Polo Mission School for the Hearing and Visually Impaired (DPMSHVI) in Chimpu.<br \/>\nThe first lady of the state described Raksha Bandhan as a special occasion when siblings pray for each others&#8217; well-being and wish for each others&#8217; safety and happiness.<br \/>\n&#8220;It is an occasion to rekindle our commitment towards the sanctity of relationship, responsibility, and humanism,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nMisra felicitated the Donyi Polo Mission, particularly the principal and the staff of the school, for their philanthropic endeavours.<br \/>\nThe children presented a colourful cultural programme, and DPMSHVI principal H Sharma briefed about the school and its achievements.<br \/>\nVKV Koloriang also celebrated Raksha Bandhan with SIB, ITBP and CRPF jawans in the school premises.<br \/>\nThe Chowkham battalion of the Indian Army&#8217;s Dao Division organized Raksha Bandhan celebrations at all its company bases.<br \/>\nSchool children from different villages tied rakhis on soldiers of the battalion to commemorate its commitment to the safety and security of the people. A weapon display was also organised to motivate children.<br \/>\nThe soldiers gave sweets, chocolates and footballs to the children. (With input from PRO, Raj Bhavan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Aug 26: Students from various schools and representatives of social organisations gathered at the Raj Bhavan here on Sunday to celebrate Raksha Bandhan. &#8220;Raksha Bandhan is the foundation for the collective endeavour towards the wellbeing and empowerment of the women in the Indian culture,&#8221; Governor BD Mishra said. Reiterating that Raksha Bandhan is &#8220;a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}