Bhondla Celebration 2023

“Aailama pailama ganesh deva, maza khel maandun de, karin tujhi seva ..”

It’s the first day of Bhondla, and all the young girls in the neighbourhood have excitedly gathered, ready to start celebrating. An elephant has been drawn on a slate, and the singing and dancing has begun!

Bhondla, also known as hadga or bhulabai in different parts of Maharashtra, starts on the first day of Navaratri and continues till Kojagiri Purnima. In older days, young girls would get together everyday, each day at a different home, to celebrate and make merry. Girls dance around a picture of an elephant, which is drawn on a slate or with rangoli. 

Blossom Public School, Pune celebrated the Bhondala on the ground near new building on Monday, 23 October, 2023 in great detail. We displayed a drawing of Elephant.Puja was done by respected Principal Vandana Kharat ma’am along with the vice principal sir and  coordinators.

All students wore traditional attire.

Teachers gave information about Bhondala and distributed ‘Khirapat’ to students.

Students enjoyed a lot on that day.