Bikaner’s Ajoo Gooja 2.0 turned the city into a carnival of joy, creativity, and learning, where kids played, crafted, and pledged for a cleaner environment. Could this festival be the blueprint for fun that shapes responsible future citizens?
Over 800 schools join Ajoo Gooja 2.0 event
Bikaner: Dr Karni Singh Stadium transformed into a vibrant playground of learning, creativity, and fun as students from over 800 schools came together for the three-day Bikaner Children’s Festival ‘Ajoo Gooja 2.0’. The festival was not just about entertainment: it celebrated childhood itself, encouraging children to explore, play, and learn beyond the digital screen.
Ajoo Gooja 2.0 offered more than 80 hands-on activities, including painting, pottery, paper-mâché, and traditional Indian games. Children enthusiastically engaged in kite flying, dancing, and other interactive sessions, while even adults found themselves reliving the joys of their own childhoods.
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Dignitaries including local MLAs, the District Collector, and senior officials joined the festivities, participating in games alongside the children and emphasizing the importance of togetherness, creativity, and active play.
Ajoo Gooja 2.0 Inspires Joy and Clean Living in Bikaner
While fun took center stage, the festival carried a strong message of sustainability and civic awareness. Under the theme Swabhav Swachhata, Sanskaar Swachhata, the Bikaner Municipal Corporation educated attendees on waste segregation through the 4-bin system, RRR Centres, and innovative activities like Waste to Art. Children, parents, and teachers learned how everyday waste can be converted into resources.
Interactive stalls and selfie points ensured that lessons in cleanliness were engaging and memorable, seamlessly blending entertainment with education.
Joy, games, and green lessons mark Ajoo Gooja 2.0 festival
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The festival concluded with a collective Swachhata Pledge, where children vowed to keep their homes, schools, and neighborhoods clean, avoid single-use plastics, and inspire others to do the same. The pledge reinforced the idea that fostering happy, active childhoods can also nurture responsible citizens.
Through a combination of joy, creativity, and meaningful learning, Ajoo Gooja 2.0 highlighted the power of festivals to shape a cleaner, greener, and more conscious future for Bikaner, ensuring that the values of play and responsibility go hand in hand.
