Speakers call for ‘Gurukul’ style teaching to spread Sanskrit
Speakers at the Utkarsha Mahotsava 2026 in Tirupati advocated for adopting the traditional 'Gurukul' teaching style to modernize Sanskrit education. The event celebrated the growth of central Sanskrit universities and emphasized the need for a strategic roadmap to promote the language.
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It highlights efforts to preserve classical languages through pedagogical innovation in the modern academic landscape.
Speakers at the valedictory session of the ‘Utkarsha Mahotsava 2026’ conducted at National Sanskrit University (NSU) here on Thursday, stressed the need to incorporate ‘Gurukul’ form of teaching to bring Sanskrit within the reach of the modern world.
The two-day festival is meant to celebrate the creation of the three central universities — Tirupati-based NSU, Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Sanskrit University (LBSNSU) and Central Sanskrit University (CSU) — the last two based in New Delhi.
Former Vice-Chancellor of Karnataka Sanskrit University (Bengaluru) and Sri Venkateswara Vedic University (Tirupati), K.E. Devanathan, attended the event as chief guest. He called upon the universities to devise a road map for the development of Sanskrit by engaging in a brainstorming session with the professors and scholars associated with the institutions in the past.
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