30/09/2019 · Where is Sanskrit spoken? But Sanskrit is now spoken by less than 1% of Indians and is mostly used by Hindu priests during religious ceremonies. It’s one of the official languages in only one Indian state, Uttarakhand in the north, which is …

Answer (1 of 9): In almost majority of Hindu households throughout India when they offer morning prayers -Samskrt is in use. In all the Hindu temples throughout India (and all over the world) when pujas, aarati's are being offered in Samskrt only. In India in most of the schools where as part o...

12/05/2020 · Now, only a few villages in India speak Sanskrit. Following are the Places that Still Largely Speak Sanskrit: 1. Mattur, Karnataka. Mattur is known as India’s ‘Sanskrit village’. It is a ...

It is one of the rare villages in India where Sanskrit is spoken as a regional language. Sanskrit is the vernacular of a majority of the 5,000 residents of this quaint, sleepy hamlet, as shopkeepers, laborers, and even children speak it fluently. Mattur is famous as the ‘ Sanskrit village ’ of India.

There are about 5 Indian villages where Sanskrit is spoken as everyday language! Residents of these villages reportedly speak the language during every kind of communication, ranging from holding serious discussions to buying goods from grocery stores to having casual chats with friends. These 5 villages are – a. Mattur or Muttoor (Karnataka). b.

08/01/2012 · For him, Sanskrit is not a devabhasha, the language of the gods, but one rooted in the commonplace, in the ebb and flow of everyday life in Jhiri, the remote hamlet in Madhya Pradesh, where he lives. Mutterings under banyan trees, chit-chat in verandahs, pleasantries on village paths, disputes in the panchayat — in Jhiri, it's all in Sanskrit.

30/06/2015 · If Sanskrit, the liturgical language of Hinduism, has a history that predates its arrival in India, that really does pull the rug from out under the feet of Hindutva.