By Temple Priest Pdt. Sridhara Bhattar
By Temple Priest Pdt. Sridhara Bhattar
Venue: Sri Kanaka Durga Sanctum
Age: 7 Years and above
Why learn Sanskrit ?
Among the current languages which possess a hoary antiquity like Latin or Greek, Sanskrit is the only language which has retained its pristine purity. It has maintained its structure and vocabulary even today as it was in the past. It is a language for humanity and not merely a means for communication within a society. The oldest literature of the world, the Vedas, the Puranas and the Ithihasas which relate to the Indian subcontinent, are still available in the same form as they were known from the very beginning. The Vedas, encompass knowledge in virtually every sphere of human activity. One can learn Sanskrit even just for the sake of the great epics of India. The precision, with which the 24,000 verses in Ramayana and 100,000 verses in Mahabharata convey information on so many different aspects of life in a society, is a factor one must reckon as the ultimate in composition. The fact that many profound principles relating to human existence were given _expression through Sanskrit, continue to amaze those who study Sanskrit. A Sanskrit Scholar understands the world better than most others. Among the learned in India, Sanskrit continues to be a bridge across different states where people, in spite of their own mother tongue, use it to exchange scholarly and even general information relating to the traditions of the country.
No prior knowledge of Sanskrit is required.
Let your children learn the earliest of the natural languages when they are still young.