Department of Posts marks Sanskrit Day with special cover

Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, marked the 15th anniversary of SWASTIVACHANAM by releasing a Special Cover on Sanskrit Day. The event was organized at the Philatelic Bureau, Sansad Marg Head Post Office, New Delhi.

 

SWASTIVACHANAM is an organization engaged in Sanskrit journalism activities, Yoga, Ayurveda, Vastu Shastra, Indology, and Indian Knowledge Systems. The event is also the centenary of its visionary founder Late Shri Dinesh Chandra Joshi, a celebrated Sanskrit scholar.

 

Chief Guest was Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi, Prof Shrinivasa Varakhedi. He said, "Sanskrit is a language for all, cutting across all boundaries.". The kids associated with it are performing outstandingly well in the areas of academics, innovation, and technology and are turning into true torchbearers and ambassadors of our tradition. SWASTIVACHANAM, over the last fifteen years, has taken excellent initiatives in propagating Sanskrit journalism, Yoga, Ayurveda, Vastu Shastra, Indology, and the Indian Knowledge Systems as a whole. It is also heartening to note that the organisation is celebrating the centenary of its founder, great Sanskrit scholar Late Shri Dinesh Chandra Joshi, by a year's salute to his lifelong commitment to the cause of Sanskrit.

 

The Special Cover celebrates the dawn of awareness via the seven chakras with the four Mahavakyas of the Vedas as their symbol of Advaita philosophy. Aipan art of Uttarakhand adorns its outer design, as a tribute to the founder's native state.

 

Prof. Shiv Shankar Mishra, Vice Chancellor, Maharshi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain, was a Guest of Honour. He appreciated the efforts of the organisation in making Indian and Western Sanskrit scholars engage with each other and advance cultural and scriptural traditions.

 

On behalf of the Department of Posts, Virendra Singh also called upon students to study Sanskrit and spread its knowledge. Trustee Harish Chandra Joshi told that the organisation is also sponsoring the villages for Sanskrit and manuscript conservation. Students, scholars, and postal officials attended the programme.