GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ORATHANADU (GCEOND)
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GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ORATHANADU (GCEOND) The emblem of Government College of Education, Orathanadu (GCEOND) features the motifs of a traditional lamp, a lotus and a sacred conch ensconced by a circular border inscribed with the name of the college in Tamil. The motto of the college in Tamil ‘மெய்ப்பொருள் கல்வி’ (22, Kondraivendhan, Avvaiyar) meaning ‘True Wealth is the Education one has Acquired’ is supports the seal. The lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; and the lotus denotes purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty. The conch or shankha is considered sacred in Hinduism as the emblem of Lord Vishnu and Buddhism. It is also known as ‘panchajanya’ and used for spreading the message and for invocation.