Himachal Pradesh to popularise Sanskrit

Himachal Pradesh will promote Sanskrit and explore possibilities to computerize the language to modernize the learning process, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has announced.

The state has many educational institutions – government and private – teaching Sanskrit while the Central Government Sanskrit Vidyapeeth is coming up in the Pragpur area of Kangra district.

Speaking to the students and teachers of the Government Sanskrit College in Sundernagar, Mandi, at their annual day function, Singh said that old manuscripts found in the state were in Sanskrit, necessitating knowledge of the ancient Indian language dating back 5,000 years.

Singh has urged the students to learn Sanskrit besides other languages to preserve and develop their linguistic heritage.

The language has its own grammar and exhaustive research on various aspects of Sanskrit was in progress, Singh added.