Dimmer Village was selected as the model Sanskrit village

• 07 Apr 2023

Why in News?

On April 5, 2023, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Dr. Chandi Prasad Ghildiyal, Assistant Director of Education and Sanskrit Education Department, told that the Sanskrit Directorate of the state has set a target of making 13 model Sanskrit villages in 13 districts of the state, under which Chamoli district's Dimmer village has been selected.

Key Points

• The Sanskrit language will be taught to women, children and elders in Dimmer village. For this, a Sanskrit-trained person will be selected in the village, who will teach the villagers to speak the Sanskrit language. For this, he will also be given an honorarium of Rs 12,000 per month.
• It is known that Dimmer village is located at a distance of 7 kilometres from Karnaprayag on the Karanprayag-Simli motorway. About 250 Brahmins, 150 Rajputs and 100 Scheduled Caste families live in this village of 500 families. Dimri Brahmins of Dimmar village take care of the worship in Badrinath Dham. Along with this, he also takes care of the worship from Mata Murti to Joshimath Narasimha Temple.
• The Gadu Ghada of Badrinath Dham is also operated from Dimmer Village. Apart from this, after the completion of the pilgrimage to Badrinath Dham, the Rawals of Badrinath also reach the Lakshmi Narayan Temple of Dimmer village for worship. Sanskrit is used more and more in all these religious programs. That's why Dimmer Village has been selected under this scheme.
• Under this, now people from all sections of the village will be taught to speak the Sanskrit language. Along with this, Sanskrit Gram Shiksha Samiti will also be formed in the village. The Sanskrit language will be discussed every month by the committee. Its monitoring will be done by the Sanskrit Education Department.
• It is noteworthy that Sanskrit College has been running in Dimmer Village since 1918. Earlier, the college was run by Dimri Brahmins only. Presently the college is run by Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee.
• Classes from six to Acharya are conducted here. The Dimri families also donated their 30 Nali lands for the operation of the college and there is also a hostel here.
• Significantly, Sanskrit is the second official language of the country. Everyone needs to come forward for its promotion.