Samskrita Bharati
- Location : Washington, USA
- Community Served: Sanskrit language enthusiasts
- Focus: Cultural education
Organization background
Samskrita Bharati (SB) is an Indian organization created with the goal of preserving
and nurturing the Sanskrit language, in which a number of ancient Indian texts are written.
For the last 30 years SB has been teaching and promoting Samskritam in India,
USA, Canada and a number countries in Europe, Asia as well as in Australia.
SB USA is a non-profit organization in the USA established with the
sole objective of teaching and spreading Samskritam language in the USA
among Indo-Americans, especially children, to help continue the cultural
links with the country of their origin India. SB USA conducts classes
directly face-to-face and through "Distance Learning" methods.
It conducts numerous workshops and camps for children, adolescents and adults.
SB USA also has established and is successfully running the 3-year
Samskritam as Foreign Language (SAFL) for high School students.
Project background
- Annual programs
SB conducts an Annual Program with the aim of (i) spreading samskritam language
(ii) making known SB's activities in the area (iii) fund raising.
The Annual program typically consists of lectures, concerts or dance performances
related to Indian culture and Samskritam language.
SB also publishes a Souvenir at these programs focusing on topics such as
Science in Samskrtam, etc.
- Publications
The weekend workshops of Samskrita Bharati cater to adults;
online programs such as SAFL cater to teenagers and adults;
and Balagokulam classes cater to children younger than 13 years.
To address this diverse set of learners, SB USA creates
books specifcally for different age groups.
The books for children introduce the learners to
Bharateeya samskriti through shlokas, songs, stories and games.
The books for high schoolers in the SAFL program (Mukulam, Kusumam, Saurabham)
introduce teens to sanskrit grammar and culture.
Project description
- 2014: Production and Publication expenses for 2nd textbook (Kusumam) for the SAFL program
- 2014: Funding for running SB's 5th Annual Program in Washngton DC area.
- 2015: Production and Publication expenses for 3rd textbook (Saurabham) for the SAFL program
- 2015: Funding for running SB's 6th Annual Program in Washngton DC area.
- 2016: Production and Publication expenses for Shishu-Bala Shikshanam study materials
Aksharani - pustakam for 2-5 year olds,
flash cards, board books flap-books, storybook series, workbooks)
- 2016: Funding for running SB's 7th Annual Program in Washngton DC area.
- 2018: Funding for running SB's 9th Annual Program in Washngton DC area.
- 2021,2022: Funding for establishing a Samskrita Bhavanam in the Virginia area
- 2022: Funding (partial) for running Jaahnavii residential Samskrita camp
- 2023-2024: Funding for upgrades to Samskrita Bhavanam in the Virginia area