Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul was the chief guest at the inaugural session of the three-day All India Oriental Conference being held at the Uttarakhand Sanskrit University in Haridwar on Saturday.
Addressing the gathering, the Governor said that he was happy to see that the 48th session of the conference being held in Uttarakhand with the joint efforts of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University and Patanjali University.
He said that Sanskrit language and literature was holding a special place in various languages of the world .Scholars of India as well as other countries need to look at Sanskrit from a fresh perspective and make efforts to make it the language of the common people, he said.
He said that for making this possible, a world-wide campaign was needed as a peoples’ movement. He said that it was their responsibility to protect and conserve the rich traditions and wisdom inherent in Sanskrit language and literature.
He said that Article 345 of the Indian Constitution says that each state can decide its official language . He said it was a matter of pride that in Uttarakhand, Sanskrit had been given an important place.
“In these days of
globalization, somewhere our roots and values are getting shaken by the the influences like IT and television which also have some positive effects. Our young generation,
especially school and college students, get influenced
fast by these factors. It would be extremely good if we could link these youngsters with Sanskrit to bring them close to our roots and traditions,” he said .
Present on the occasion were the VC of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Piyush Kant Dixit and VC of Patanjali University Acharya Balkrishna.