Namaste Odia and Kannada languages, or a different greeting word is "āyubōvan" (ආයුබෝවන්) which has the meaning "wishing long life". Namaste Namaste (, Devanagari: नमस्ते, ), sometimes spoken as "Namaskar" and "Namaskaram", is a customary Hindu greeting. The term has origins in the Vedic period on the Indian subcontinent. In the contemporary era, it is found on the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and among the Hindu diaspora worldwide. It is used both for salutation and valediction. "Namaste" is usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Waverley, Mussoorie instruments. Girls are free to choose an instrument that they would like to learn from the various Indian and Western music instructors. The school offers lessons in the instruments including sitar, harmonium, tabla, violin, guitar, piano, drums and synthesizer. Girls get many chances to show their talent at school functions and inter school cultural fests. The school also have a number of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Debates, declamation, elocution, extempore, story-telling, dramatics etc. are conducted both in the English and Hindi languages. The students of classes V to XII are also divided into various clubs including: Students are given the