Students of Montessori School, Tanuku, set a record on Wednesday in reciting Telugu poems to mark International Mother Language Day.
As many as 1,008 students of the school recited the Vemana Sathakam as part of the ‘Sahasra Galarchana-Vemana Sathakam’ programme on the school premises.
After undergoing training by the Telugu language teachers of the school, the students on Wednesday recited the 108 poems authored by Yogi Vemana. The 1,008 students formed 10 batches and each batch recited a dozen poems completing all the 108 poems in the end.
The event was supervised by Ch. Naga Bhushanam, a Hindi teacher in Government Upper Primary and High School, Kanuru, Agraharam.
Along with local MLA Arimilli Radha Krishna poets, writers, doctors, political leaders and officials attended the event. School director A. Prakasa Rao felicitated the Telugu teachers.
