Vijayawada: The Hindu Dharma Parirakshana Trust in association with Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam will organise ‘Akshara Deevena', a mass aksharabhyasam programme, at the temple on June 22.

Temple Executive Officer K. Prabhakara Srinivas said that the ‘aksharabhyasam,’ a process to initiate the child into world of learning, was being organised to uphold the age old traditions.

In olden days, ‘aksharabhyasam’ used to be performed before sending the child to gurukulam.

It is time tested practice to make the child write ‘Aum Namah Sivayah Siddham Namah’ in front of goddess Sarawathi, he said.

The temple would present slates, books and slate pencils to the children.

Contact

The parents, who are interested in performing ‘aksharabhyasam’ to their wards on Indrakeeladri, could contact 99591 22619 for further details and registration, he said.