The virgin tree at Hindu College

Hindu College known for its special Valentine's Day celebration attracted a huge crowd this year, for the Virgin tree puja. The oldest member of Hindu College, the Virgin tree or the V-tree was decorated by the hostelers of the college with balloons and water-filled condoms and donned with posters of Deepika Padukone who was chosen as the Damdami Mata this year. "Deepika has been really famous this year and given several hit movies. It was a unanimous decision by most of the hostel members" says a hostel student of Hindu.

The college sought to cut down on the crowd this valentine's day by allowing only the college students in for the celebration and even though the rainy weather on 14th did pose a lot of hindrance for the students they still carried on with the "puja" with the same level of enthusiasm as on a normal day. The role of the pundit for this year was played by Imtiaz, a first year Chemistry (Hons.) student and Hostel Mr. Fresher for 2013 as he was carried from the hostel to the virgin tree on the shoulders of his fellow hostelers in proper pundit attire with dhol playing as their background score.

Source : http://dubeat.com/2014/02/insight-valentines-day-rituals-hindu-colleges-virgin-tree/

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