Thursday, December 18, 2014

FIRST OF ITS KIND SANSKRIT LIBRARY OPENED IN DELHI

NEW DELHI,AKASH DWIVEDI,The first of its kind Sanskrit Library in the country inaugurated by Secretary, Art & Culture and Languages, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Smt Geetanjali Gupta Kundra in the office complex of Delhi Sanskrit Academy at Jhandiawalan in Delhi. Government has incurred an expenditure of Rupees 1.85 Crore on Construction & Development of this unique library. Spread and developed in the area of 1000 squire meter, the library has more than 50 almirahs/bookshelves and a huge reading hall. The double storey building is fully air conditioned. The most ultra modern library full of Sanskrit literature has been equipped with all the facilities for readers and research scholars. Chief Engineer PWD Shri Dinesh Kumar, Spl Secy Art and Culture, Shri V. S. Rawat, Secy Sanskrit Academy, Dr. Dharmendra Kumar and a large number of Sanskrit scholars were also present on this occasion.  Smt. Kundra also released E -Learning Hand Book of Sanskrit for the benefit of learners of Sanskrit on this occasion.
Inaugurating the library Smt. Geetanjali Gupta Kundra said that the Delhi Government is committed to provide all facilities to promote Sanskrit language in order to provide better atmosphere and best pieces of literature to the Sanskrit scholars.
She said that the scriptures and available rare manuscripts in Sanskrit in the country will be made available in this very library for the benefit of students and Sanskrit scholars.
She further said that Sanskrit language is the base of Indian culture and civilization. It is the language which represents our rich culture, ethos, harmony and gives the message of unity in diversity to the people in the society.
Smt. Kundra further elaborated that Sanskrit academy in Delhi has organized a number of programs to promote Sanskrit. It has organized one hundred and forty programs including one act plays for children, adults, poet meets, Sanskrit sammelans and cultural programs.
Secy. of Sanskrit academy Shri Dharmendra said that there are 60 lakhs  manu scripts in the country out of which 30 lakhs manu scripts are written in Sanskrit language. We will do our best to gather these manu scripts of Sanskrit and document them in this library.

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