Bengaluru, For over three years, Samashti Gubbi of Bengaluru has been striving to popularize Sanskrit, one of the oldest languages of India.
His efforts bore fruit on Sunday when he received a major boost with praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio address, Modi specifically referred to Gubbi's quiet efforts to make Sanskrit a spoken language.
Talking about Sanskrit, the Prime Minister said the language has played an important role in the progress of ancient knowledge and science of India.
He said that today many people are making that effort in Bengaluru.
"There is a park in Bengaluru, Cubbon Park! In this park, people here have started a new tradition. Here, once a week, every Sunday, children, young people and old people talk to each other in Sanskrit," Modi said.
He also pointed out that many discussion sessions are also organized in Sanskrit.
"The name of this initiative is Sanskrit Weekend! It was started by Samashti Gubbi ji through a website. This initiative which started a few days ago has become very popular among the people of Bengaluru," Modi said.
If we all join these efforts, we will learn a lot from such an ancient and scientific language of the world, he noted.
Samashti Gubbi's joy knew no bounds when Prime Minister Modi asked his countrymen to follow his example in promoting the ancient language.
"It is a moment of joy for me when the Prime Minister appreciated my efforts. I have been working to popularize Sanskrit for the past few years," Samashti Gubbi said.
Gubbi has a master's degree in Sanskrit and has been teaching this language.
He said that he started a portal called sthaayi.in in 2021 for the promotion of Sanskrit.
"We organize bike rides for Sanskrit speakers. We also have a Sanskrit band where we translate songs from Bollywood and Kannada films into Sanskrit and play them," Gubbi said.
Their 'Sanskrit Weekend' at Cubbon Park had 800 to 900 people participating.
Is knowledge of 'Vyakarana' (Sanskrit grammar) essential to learn spoken Sanskrit? To this, Gubbi replied: "We don't learn the grammar of any language when we were children. We just learn the language."
His efforts bore fruit on Sunday when he received a major boost with praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio address, Modi specifically referred to Gubbi's quiet efforts to make Sanskrit a spoken language.
Talking about Sanskrit, the Prime Minister said the language has played an important role in the progress of ancient knowledge and science of India.
He said that today many people are making that effort in Bengaluru.
"There is a park in Bengaluru, Cubbon Park! In this park, people here have started a new tradition. Here, once a week, every Sunday, children, young people and old people talk to each other in Sanskrit," Modi said.
He also pointed out that many discussion sessions are also organized in Sanskrit.
"The name of this initiative is Sanskrit Weekend! It was started by Samashti Gubbi ji through a website. This initiative which started a few days ago has become very popular among the people of Bengaluru," Modi said.
If we all join these efforts, we will learn a lot from such an ancient and scientific language of the world, he noted.
Samashti Gubbi's joy knew no bounds when Prime Minister Modi asked his countrymen to follow his example in promoting the ancient language.
"It is a moment of joy for me when the Prime Minister appreciated my efforts. I have been working to popularize Sanskrit for the past few years," Samashti Gubbi said.
Gubbi has a master's degree in Sanskrit and has been teaching this language.
He said that he started a portal called sthaayi.in in 2021 for the promotion of Sanskrit.
"We organize bike rides for Sanskrit speakers. We also have a Sanskrit band where we translate songs from Bollywood and Kannada films into Sanskrit and play them," Gubbi said.
Their 'Sanskrit Weekend' at Cubbon Park had 800 to 900 people participating.
Is knowledge of 'Vyakarana' (Sanskrit grammar) essential to learn spoken Sanskrit? To this, Gubbi replied: "We don't learn the grammar of any language when we were children. We just learn the language."
