Logos of India

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, SALOONI (GC SALOONI) The emblem of Government College, Salooni (GC Salooni) features a circle housing a landscape of a mountain range with peaks, the sun, green valleys, a river and pine trees and an open book. The circle is ensconced by a blue circular border inscribed with the name and place of the college. The motto of the college in Sanskrit ‘तमसो माँ ज्योतिर्गमय’ (Yajnavalkya, 1.3.28, Pavamana Mantra, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) meaning ‘From Darkness Lead Me to Light’ is written on a blue banner placed below the seal. The mountain peaks symbolise the high-altitude Himalayan topography of Salooni, specifically reflecting views of the Pir Panjal Range which characterizes the local scenery; the sun represents the light of knowledge, enlightenment and the dispelling of ignorance through education; the river and green valleys represents the Bhandal Valley landscape and local rivers flowing through Chamba; the trees represent dense cedar and local pine forests ...