Maintaining Hindu traditions

Vada Hindu Girls’ College:

Chelvatamby Maniccavasagar

Lighting the traditional oil lamp

Chief guest Dr.Mithrakumar opening the grand sale

The Vada Hindu Girls’ College Past Pupils’ Society Limited (Colombo Branch) which was established in 1992 held a grand sale of numerous items at Saraswathy Hall, No. 75, Lorenz Road, Colombo 4 recently with the sole intention of providing financial assistance to its Alma Mater to construct additional buildings, purchase furniture and to undertake various other rehabilitation and restoration works.

The chief guests at the occasion were Dr and Mrs Mithrakumar, a distinguished past pupil, head prefect of this college, R Sivagurunathan former principal of Bambalapitiya Ramanathan Hindu Girls’ College, present President of the Past Pupils’ Society Limited (Colombo Branch) and several others organized this sale which was a tremendous success.

Vada Hindu Girls’ College, Point Pedro which was established in 1944 by late Kathigesu who was an educationist, philanthropist and former principal of Kokuvil Hindu College is rendering tremendous service in the sphere of education and has produced women of erudition and eminence.

Reciting Hindu thevavams by the old girls Welcoming the Chief Guest in Hindu tradition

This college had several illustrious principals who were responsible to provide quality education to the students. Even the great patriot and religious personality Swami Vivekananda once said that “before flooding the country with socialistic and economic ideas, the country should be deluged with religious ideas.

In accordance with a Swami Vivekananda, this college is providing a better education to the students maintaining Hindu tradition and culture combined with high degree of discipline.

Undoubtedly, this College is one of the leading colleges in Jaffna peninsula producing best results in the GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level Examinations and also in the field of sports.

Further, the past pupils of this college who are living abroad particularly in Canada and various other countries have formed Past Pupils Associations and collect funds and assist their Alma Mater fabulously and fantastically for the college’s various activities.

Yamuna Ganeshalingam, Rajeswary Maniccavasagar, L Kumaraswamy, Maheswaran Ramachandran and several other past pupils are rendering yeoman service for the betterment and uplift of this college. Now this college has grown from strength to strength providing man making and character building education.

This college has earned a name and fame and the past principals, teachers and students have put this college in the world map.