The New Indian Express ·
Vijayapura textile shop makes Sanskrit its language of daily business
VIJAYAPURA : R Garments, a textile shop in the bustling Meenakshi Chowk area of Vijayapura, has created a unique identity for itself by transacting daily business in Sanskrit. The shop owner, his family members and employees speak the ancient language while attending to customers. What more, even Muslim employees and from other minority communities too speak Sanskrit inside the shop.
The brain behind the initiative is the shop owner, Ramsingh Rajaram Rajput, who has been in the textile business in Vijayapura for nearly four decades. First, his interest in Sanskrit and his initiative to promote the language was well received by his family members. It was eventually introduced in his business too.
Ramsingh started promoting the classical language after he attended Sanskrit Bharati’s 10-day Sanskrit learning camp at a local ashram in Vijayapura in 2004. Instead of restricting Sanskrit to religious rituals, prayers or classrooms, he decided to use it in daily life. He first introduced the language to his family members and began teaching it to his employees later.