Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 27: Ayudha Pooja celebration and inauguration of Student Council 2025 was held at St Aloysius ITI on September 26.
Ayudha Pooja, also known as Astra Pooja, is a significant Hindu festival that is part of the Navaratri festival and is primarily observed in southern India. Ayudha means ‘weapons’ or ‘tools’ and Pooja means ‘worship’. During Ayudha Pooja, devotees clean, decorate, and worship the tools and instruments they use in their daily lives or work. This act symbolizes respect for the tools that provide sustenance and success. Ayudha Pooja is observed on the ninth day, or sometimes the tenth day, which is also known as Vijayadashami.
On this special day, all the workshops of the institution were decorated with plantain, glazing paper, flowers, mango leav