📜Sanskrit Diwas - संस्कृत दिवस

Every year in India, the auspicious occasion of Shravani Purnima is celebrated as Sanskrit Day. This day is celebrated because of the Sanskrit language being the oldest language in our culture. Sanskrit is the language of almost all the Vedas and Puranas. That's why people have respect for Sanskrit language. Our religious texts and mantras are mostly described in this language. Sanskrit Day is very unique in itself, as no other ancient language is celebrated in this way at the national level.

Why is Sanskrit Day celebrated?
The purpose of celebrating this day is that Sanskrit has been given the status of 'Dev Bhasha' by the Indian religious culture, yet this language is now losing its existence. Now in India too, due to the increasing importance of foreign languages ​​and English, the number of people who read, write and understand Sanskrit is decreasing day by day. Therefore, Sanskrit Day and Sanskrit Week are celebrated to remind the Indian community or society of the importance and necessity of Sanskrit and to increase its importance in the public mind.

How is Sanskrit Day celebrated?
On this day Shravani Purnima or Rakshabandhan, a sense of dedication is kept by remembering and worshiping sages and our sages are the original source of Sanskrit literature, hence Shravani Purnima is celebrated as Sanskrit Day and It is also celebrated as Rishi Parv.

On this day, the instruction to celebrate Sanskrit Day at the central and state level was issued in the year 1969 by the order of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. Since then Sanskrit Day is celebrated all over India on the full moon day of Shravan. The reason for choosing the day of Shravan Purnima for this is that on this day in our ancient India teaching session and Veda recitation started and students also used to start studying scriptures from this day itself. The basic purpose of celebrating Sanskrit Day and Sanskrit Week is to spread the propaganda of Sanskrit language.

Updated: Aug 19, 2024 05:11 AM