Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates Rs 100 crore infrastructure at Central Sanskrit University Puri

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone of academic administrative building of girls’ and boys’ hostel building, quarters, and sports facilities at the Shree Sadashiva campus of the Central Sanskrit University Puri in Odisha.

The minister also inaugurated a three-day international seminar titled ‘Lakshmi Puran of Balaram Das: A New Discourse on Equity, Empowerment and Emancipation’ at the campus. While delivering the keynote address as the CSU chancellor Pradhan said the CSU Puri has created its own identity in promoting Sanskrit language. The Pradhan informed that the projects worth Rs 100 crore inaugurated today will be used to connect Indian languages and Vedas with the modern education system.

Pradhan said the India is a country of many rich languages along with ancient languages like Sanskrit and Tamil. He also emphasised that in contemporary times, the relevance of the eternal Indian knowledge tradition and Vedic literature is even greater.

Sadashiv Campus, Puri, is one of the largest and premier campuses of the Central Sanskrit University, spread over 15.28 acres, accommodating an academic and residential complex. For the development of Sanskrit, Rs 100 crore has been sanctioned by PM Narendra Modi.

Laxmi Puran, a devotional lyrical poetry composed by the great saint poet, Balaram Das, appeared in the 15th Century in Puri in Odisha. Balaram Das is known as the “Balmiki” of Odisha because of his “magnum opus” “Ramayan” in the Odiya language.

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Central Sanskrit University New Delhi VC Shrinivasa Varakhedi, CSU director Sadashiva campus Atul Kumar Nanda; former Vice-Chancellor NSU Tirupati Harekrushna Satapathy and other academicians, dignitaries, scholars, and students were also present at the function.