10-26-2007, 03:32 AM
Yesudas calls for national recognition to Sanskrit
Special Correspondent
Says the origin of most Indian languages could be traced to Sanskrit
CEREMONIAL PROCESSION: Zamorin P.K.S. Raja, K.J. Yesudas and Azhvancherry Thambrakkal being led to the venue of Revathy Pattathanam in Kozhikode.
Kozhikode: Singer K.J. Yesudas has called for recognition of Sanskrit as the national language.
He was inaugurating Revathy Pattathanam, an annual cultural event featuring scholarly debates patronised by Kozhikode Zamorins, here on Thursday.
Mr. Yesudas said since the origin of most Indian languages could be traced to Sanskrit, it deserved the recognition. The popular singer said he owed his success as a singer âto what little he had learned of Sanskrit as a student at music college.â
He promised support to programmes which perpetuate memory of Sanskrit scholars and other icons of Kerala culture while pointing out that many great scholars of the past had died unhonoured and unsung.
The singer also said the fact that Revathy Pattathanam represented an attempt by Zamorins to take scholarship and knowledge, till then believed to be the intellectual property of the elite, closer to the layman enhanced the historic and social significance of the event.
Zamorin P.K.S. Raja was present at the inaugural session. Also present, as the chief guest, was Azhvancherry Thambrakkal, who is revered as the descendent of a family that was believed to have been placed on top of aristocratic hierarchy by Parasurama who, according to legends, created Kerala out of the sea.
The inaugural function was preceded by a ceremonial procession in which the Zamorin, Mr. Yesudas and Azhvancherry Thambrakkal were led to the venue from near the Tali Mahadeva temple with the accompaniment of traditional music.
After the inaugural ceremony, there were talks by scholars, including one by K.G. Paulose, Vice-Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University.
Special Correspondent
Says the origin of most Indian languages could be traced to Sanskrit
CEREMONIAL PROCESSION: Zamorin P.K.S. Raja, K.J. Yesudas and Azhvancherry Thambrakkal being led to the venue of Revathy Pattathanam in Kozhikode.
Kozhikode: Singer K.J. Yesudas has called for recognition of Sanskrit as the national language.
He was inaugurating Revathy Pattathanam, an annual cultural event featuring scholarly debates patronised by Kozhikode Zamorins, here on Thursday.
Mr. Yesudas said since the origin of most Indian languages could be traced to Sanskrit, it deserved the recognition. The popular singer said he owed his success as a singer âto what little he had learned of Sanskrit as a student at music college.â
He promised support to programmes which perpetuate memory of Sanskrit scholars and other icons of Kerala culture while pointing out that many great scholars of the past had died unhonoured and unsung.
The singer also said the fact that Revathy Pattathanam represented an attempt by Zamorins to take scholarship and knowledge, till then believed to be the intellectual property of the elite, closer to the layman enhanced the historic and social significance of the event.
Zamorin P.K.S. Raja was present at the inaugural session. Also present, as the chief guest, was Azhvancherry Thambrakkal, who is revered as the descendent of a family that was believed to have been placed on top of aristocratic hierarchy by Parasurama who, according to legends, created Kerala out of the sea.
The inaugural function was preceded by a ceremonial procession in which the Zamorin, Mr. Yesudas and Azhvancherry Thambrakkal were led to the venue from near the Tali Mahadeva temple with the accompaniment of traditional music.
After the inaugural ceremony, there were talks by scholars, including one by K.G. Paulose, Vice-Chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University.