AMRITSAR: Former cabinet minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla has voiced her concern regarding the widespread discontinuation of Sanskrit education in schools across Punjab and has appealed to the chief minister Bhagwant Mann, as well as to educationists and philanthropists, to actively promote the teaching of Sanskrit within the state's educational institutions.
In a release issued on Saturday, she questioned: "Is it not a fact that Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth master of the Sikh community, sent his disciples to Varanasi to learn Sanskrit?". She said that a thorough understanding of Sanskrit was essential to comprehend the 'gurbani' written by Guru Gobind Singh."
Additionally, she also pointed out that Sanskrit was intricately linked to the fulfillment of the 16 sanskar (sacraments) of life.
