Uttarakhand's Adarsh Sanskrit Village Programme aims to teach Sanskrit in 13 selected villages, inspired by Karnataka's Mattur village. Starting in May 2025, instructors will train villagers to use Sanskrit in daily life. The program is part of a broader effort, including incentives for students and tech collaborations to revive the language.
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The Uttarakhand cabinet approved the Adarsh Sanskrit village programme to teach Sanskrit to everyone in 13 selected villages, turning them into “model Sanskrit villages.”
Uttarakhand is inspired by Mattur, a village in Karnataka where everyone speaks Sanskrit. The state wants to create similar “Sanskrit Grams” to make the language alive again, not just a subject in books.
The programme encourages villagers to use Sanskrit for everyday tasks—like greeting neighbors or singing songs during festivals.
The government picks one village per district for this pilot project. If it works well, they’ll expand it to more villages at the block level.
A committee in each district, led by the District Magistrate, District Education Officer, and Sanskrit officer, chose the villages.
The programme starts in May 2025, funded by the Central Sanskrit University in Delhi.
How will it be implemented?
The government to hire 13 instructors, each will be paid ₹20,000 per month, after a written test and interview. These instructors train at the Sanskrit Academy in Haridwar to learn how to teach villagers.
This programme is part of Uttarakhand’s push to revive Sanskrit. Other efforts include:
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