Adult-in-charge chooses 3 children for the roles of:

Mukhya Shikshak (chief teacher)

Prarthana Pramukh (leads the Prarthana & gathers headcount)

Dhwaja Agresara (hoists up and takes down the flag)

Step

Command

Action

1

Sangha/Gana
Swasthan, Savdhan

Everyone/Members of a group
Go to your positions (stand at the back of the hall), Quiet

2

Sangha Daksha

Everyone comes to Attention

3

Arama

Everyone stands at Ease

4

2/3/4 agresaras will
come forward

Mukhya Shikshak chooses 2/3/4 agresara
(Agresaras remain at the back until next command)

5

Agresara

Agresaras come to Attention, march to form the front row (the agresara rekha) 3 steps back from Dhwaja, & stand at Attention.
(Prarthana Pramukh at leftmost end of the front row & Dhwaja Agresara in line with Dhwaja - in front of Mukhya Shikshak.)
Mukhya Shikshak goes to leftmost end of the front row, spaces the agresaras 2 steps apart, then stands at the rightmost end.

6

Agresara Samyak

Agresaras align themselves with the rightmost agresara

7

Agresara Arama

Agresaras stand at Ease

8

Sangha Sampata

Agresaras come to Attention.
Everyone joins in single lines behind the agresaras at one arm-length spacing. When in position, one should stand at Ease.
Mukhya Shikshak stands between the Dhwajasthan (place where the flag will be hoisted) & agresara row, at the rightmost end.

9

Sangha Daksha

Everyone comes to Attention

10

Sangha Samyak

Agresaras about-turn from the right to face their lines
to make sure everyone in their line forms a straight line

11

Agresara Ardha Vruta

Agresaras about-turn from the right to face the front again

12

Arama

Everyone stands at Ease.

13

Sangha Daksha

Everyone comes to Attention.
Dhwaja agresara marches forward, hoists the flag, takes one step back, does Pranam, takes another step back, about-turns from the right, and marches back to original position.

14

Dhwaja Pranam Ek, Do, Teen

Everyone offers Pranam to the Flag in 3 steps:
Ek - everyone folds their hands
Do - everyone bows
Teen - everyone comes back to Attention

15

Sankhya

Last person of each line comes up to the front, counts everyone in the line including himself/herself, reports the count to his/her agresara, & then stays there until the next command

16

Arama

All counters return to their original positions in the lines.
Sankhya agresara gathers the line headcount from each agresara (who comes to Attention, reports the count, and goes back to stand at Ease). Sankhya agresara reports total headcount to Mukhya Shikshak, then takes one step back, one step to the left, 2 steps forward, and about-turns from the right.

17

Sangha Daksha

Everybody comes to Attention

18

Sangha Vishrama

Everyone half-turns to their right and disperses