[Y-Indology] Sanskrit-speaking Sanketis, Karnataka

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"naga_ganesan " wrote:

 

> Sanskrit still blooming in a tiny village in Karnataka

> http://www.hvk.org/articles/0203/35.html

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> This journalism piece is wrong in its claim:

> "Historically, the natives of this village are settlers

> from Sankote located in Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border".

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The journalism piece is very wrong on a more fundamental point!

 

I personally visited this famous village called Mettur in the Summer of 2001.

I was very anxious to see this wonderful revival firsthand.

 

I managed to meet all the three persons in the town capable of speaking

Sanskrit! (two were connected with the paaThashaalaa and the third was

involved with speak sanskrit movement. There was an active movement to spread

sanskrit many years back, but nothing seems to have come of it. The persons,

I met were serious (traditional) scholars interested in (Shaankara) Vedanta

and were a pleasure to talk and listen to, but they were not involved with

any popular movement. It is certainly a nice place for the traditional Vedic

learning and vedanta!

 

So, I think it is about time we forget this "rural legend" and move on to

other sources of inspiration for spread of Sanskrit.

 

P.S. I agree with the rest of the article by Naga Ganesan, I am only

commenting on the basic propoganda based on no facts!

 

 

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