27.01.2012 ►Rajsamand Children’s Peace Palace

2012 Karuna's Mewar Tour

Children’s Peace Palace is situated on a hill overlooking the small town of Rajsamand. It is easy to find, everybody in Rajsamand knows it. We were welcomed by 3 nice people. They explained the learning concept of Children’s Peace Palace to us. All things presented in Children’s Palace are meant to activate the child’s interest. Whenever this happens, the child starts queries and wants to explore the subject. Without much interference from outside it can start research and get deeper into the subject. There are no directives to do so; all motivation comes from inside the child itself. Grown-ups are there to support the child’s research. Therefore manifold subjects of research have been gathered in the building, activating an inherent attitude of children called curiosity and eagerness to learn. Especially this attitude contributes considerably to the generation of a child’s identity, later on of a human’s identity.

Entry of Rajsamand Children's Peace Palace Reception office Mrs. Prabha was a wonderful and very able guide to open the traesures of this beautiful place for us. Frontyard showing part of playground in front. Play ground fence made from depictures of all Indian folkdanses. Children's library and reading room made according to children's heights. Entry to the garden surrounding Children's Parliament Marble stele in memory of Mahadevlal Saraogi Award presented to Anuvibha by Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India, on 10th April 1997. Children's Parliament Portraits of Indian political leaders Sitting at speaker's desk Entry to main building Fancywork done by children Portraits of spiritual Indian leaders View on garden & lake Indian Folk dresses Barbie doll as exemple of western dress Indian Folk dresses Re-enactment of a true story where a child saved many people in a train before untimely death Garden view House of plants Classic aviation Birds from all over the world House of stones House of materials House of stones, here marble House of vehicles House of raw materials House of mesuring House of elements Musical instruments Indian devotional objects Bands and drums in several government institutions Musical instruments American Micky Mouse & the 3 legendary Asian monkeys Theatre building Inside theatre View on many-floored building of exposition rooms Assembly hall Garden & lake view View on exposition rooms from outside Outside view on building Rajsamand Lake, more than 200 years old artificial lake View on Devi Garh Fort Delwara, now hotel. Rajsamand lake seen from the terrace of Children's Palace. Landscape View on Rajsamand from hillside Slides for kid's amusement Demonstration of yoga asanas Showing positive and negative sides Against pollution Hate and understanding Good and bad life Hall with portrait of HH Gurudev Tulsi Black marks showing where on the Indian subcontinent Gurudev Tulsi has traversed on foot Gurudev Tulsi reciting prayers at the deathbed of Shri Nehru, former president of India Gurudev Tulsi with Rajeev Gandhi Maryada Mahotsav 1964 Acharya Tulsi with Digamber-Acharya Vidhyasagar Acharya Tulsi visiting his in worldly terms mother, who became Sadhvi Vadanan Initiation by Acharya Tulsi of first Samanijis in 1980 Bowing down in front of Acharya Tulsi & Yuvacharya Mahapragya Mr. Manish (l) and the driver Mr. Jagdish, my "Indian sons" Karuna Jain & the driver Mr. Jagdish Karuna Jain & Mr. Manish from Amet