Gandhinagar, 29 June, 2014

Like every year, the Government of Gujarat celebrated Sanskrutotsav on first day of Hindu calendar month of Ashadh which is considered birth date of great Sankrut poet Kalidas.

State Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama felicitated Sanrkrut scholars with awards on this occasion.

“By honoring you, actually I am honored,” said Minister Chudasama on this occasion.

Speaking in Sanskrut on this occasion, Secretary of Cultural activities department Bhagyesh Jaha said the Sanskrutotsav initiative was taken by then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Gujarat state.

Those honored were: Jayantilal Karunashankar Bhatt, Vadodara(Yajurved), Bhadrashankar Natwarlal Joshi, Navsari(Shukla Yajurved), Jayshankar Narayan Dwivedi, Dwarka(Shatra) with shawl. Others awarded were Ajitsinh Thakor, Anand, Bhavprakash Gandhi, Gandhinagar and Satish Gajjar family, Surendranagar.

IAS Bhagyesh Jaha played a role of Sadhu in Sanskrut drama featuring Shakuntala’s Vivah on this occasion. Shri Somnath Sanskrut University’s Vice Chancellor Shri Vempati Kutumbshastri, Varanasi’s Shri Vivek Pande, Sanskrut Bharti’s Shri Shrish Dev Pujari etc were present during the function which was conducted in Sanskrut by Shri Gopal Upadhyay.