Students celebrated Marathi Language Day with bhajans and abhangas

Every year February 27 is observed as

Marathi Language Day

in Maharashtra and Goa with various educational institutes celebrating the day with numerous cultural programs. The day is observed on the birthday of eminent Marathi Poet

Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar

(also known as

Kusumagraj

). As the celebrations flooded across various schools and colleges in the city, Saraswati Bhuvan Primary School in

Aurangabad

celebrated in a traditional manner. The students of the school were dressed in traditional attire as part of celebration Marathi Language Day. They sang Marathi bhajans and abhangas that also included playing of manjira or jalra to mark the occasion.