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Nursery at first state-funded Hindu school

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The UK's first state-funded Hindu primary school has opened in north London.

The Krishna Avanti Primary School in Edgware in the borough of Harrow had its official opening last Friday.

The school had been based for nearly two years in a temporary building in the grounds of a local primary school.

The nursery attached to the new school is registered for 26 children who attend a three-hour morning session.

The school serves the large local Hindu community and includes a temple where children can go to pray and chant.

It caters for children from nursery to year six and follows the EYFS and national curriculum.

Pupils can practise yoga, learn the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit and follow Vaishnavism, the teachings of Hindu god Vishnu.

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