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Ranchi: Like every other year, schools and educational institutes across the state capital celebrated Saraswati Puja with a lot of enthusiasm on Sunday. The school runs classes from I to VIII and has altogether 211 students.Kanhaiya Thakur, an assistant teacher, remarked, “Our school has celebrated Saraswati Puja after a gap of five years. When it was time for offering ‘anjali’ to the goddess, Muslim students joined their Hindu schoolmates to follow the ritual with equal enthusiasm. District education superintendent Vijay Singh said, “I cannot immediately have the number of schools, especially in the minority-dominated areas, that celebrated Saraswati Puja this time.” On Saturday, the education department had announced that mid-day meals in schools will be served for Sarawasti Puja on Sunday, which otherwise is a holiday. “Our school is a confluence of religious diversity and a symbol of unity..