Kany Club’s ‘Teej’ event evokes overwhelming response
Teej refers to the monsoon festivals, observed particularly in western and northern states of India and Nepal.”
By Bipin Sharma
Founders and Directors of Kany Club, Anuradha Khanna and Madhu Goel hosted a grand ‘Teej Mahotsav’ event at the La Cordiall Banquet, Cross River Mall, Karkardooma on 22nd July’2017. The key highlights of the event included a vivacious celebration of different Teej customs and rituals, Teej Queen Contest, Lucky Draws, Tambola, scintillating Dance and musical performances, scrumptious cuisines, appetizers & beverages, return gifts, an ingeniously conceptualized ‘Teej Special Shopping Street’, an Expert Artist for designing ‘Teej Special Mehndi’, an exciting ‘Kala Chashma’ theme, and a ‘Selfie’ corner.
Sharing more details of their event, Anuradha Khanna said, “The Teej Mahotsav event was completely fun frolic, and the guests had a rollicking time. Organized and hosted by Kany Club on 22nd July’ 2017, the Chief Guest of the event was H.E. Alexander Kanyi Galley LOGOSU- TEKO (Minister Plenipotentiary Charge d’ Affairs a.i), The Republic of Togo. Neha Verma from Faridabad won the ‘Teej Queen Contest’, while Mansi Sharma was adjudged the ‘Teej Queen First Runner up’ followed by Barkha Bansal winning the title of ‘Teej Queen Second Runner up’. Shalini Aggarwal won the ‘Dimple Queen’ title, and Barkha Bansal from Ghaziabad won the ‘Mrs Attitude’ title. Ritu Babbar won both the ‘Bappi Da Ki Fan’ as well as ‘Make up Factory’ title. Sonipat based Meenakshi Gupta won the ‘Best Smile’ title, while Reema Garg won the ‘Party Ki Jaan’ title. The judges panel for the ‘Teej Queen Contest’ comprised Sudha Bhardwaj, Sunita Vakil, Edna Rose and Neha Gupta. Notable among the distinguished personalities who graced the event were educationist Dayanand Vats (National Media Network), Astrologer Dinesh Bhardwaj, senior media personalities Sushil and Sunita Vakil and Rj Manish Azad from FM Rainbow 102.6. Anchor Sahil Sahni struck a vibrant chord with his witty one liners, and had the audience on their toes during most part of the event.”
Sharing the significance of Teej celebrations, eminent educationist Dayanand Vats elucidated, “Hartalika Teej is celebrated primarily by girls and women by dancing, singing coupled with other prayer rituals to hail and welcome the monsoon season. The monsoon festivals of Teej are dedicated to Goddess Parvati and her union with Lord Shiva. Teej refers to the monsoon festivals, observed particularly in western and northern states of India and Nepal.”
Social crusader Sudha Bhardwaj added, “With various rituals and customs, the festival of Teej is celebrated to venerate the arrival of clouds, rain and nature’s greenery. For women, the Teej festival is all about making merry by dancing, singing and bonding with friends while dressed up in their resplendent best with henna-coloured hands and feet. The festivals are dedicated, in many parts of India and Nepal, to Goddess Parvati.”
Kany Club Director, Madhu Goel added, “We are thankful to all our friends and well wishers who gave their blessings for the success of our Teej event. Heartfelt gratitude to our key sponsors namely ‘Rose’-The Designer Studio by Neha Gupta, Edna Rose’s La Natalia’s (Our Beauty Partner), Parul Gupta’s- ‘Early Learners’-(Learning beyond boundaries), Geetu Kamra (Gauhar Jewels), ‘Rent OPC’- Best seller of pre- owned IT products, ‘Carnival Watches’-Simply elegant, beauty Dietician Edna Rose’s ‘La Natalia’s from Goa, CHAMP Brothers (Choreography), AD Graphi Interio, EHK-Ehtesham Make-up Artist, and Hardik Dua (RAW Productions). We are equally thankful to our Media Partners namely Mission NavDrishti Times, Daily Samachar Post, National Media Network and Fashiongaze.com for lending us their unstinting support and guidance. Some of the proceeds from the Teej Mahotsav event are being contributed to the cause of physically and mentally challenged students affiliated to the Akhil Bhartiya Sewa Samiti. For all future endeavours too, we stand pledged to dedicate a substantial percentage of our revenue towards helping the downtrodden and the impoverished segments of the society. ‘Philanthropic component’ would incessantly remain the nerve centre of all our events, and we would make honest efforts in inspiring other members towards playing the role of a good Samaritan in whatever way they wish to play.”
