CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Sanskrit Day 2021 – Observed on Aug 22 (full moon day in the month of Shravana in the Hindu calendar)
- World Sanskrit Day or Sanskrit Diwas is also known as Viswa Samskrita Dinam.
- It is celebrated on Shraavana Poornima, which is the Poornima day that is on full moon day in the month of Shravana in the Hindu calendar.
- As nowadays no one knows the importance of Sanskrit and none choose Sanskrit so this day is celebrated to aware the importance of Sanskrit language and the Sanskrit teachers organize the events where they give a speech on Importance of Sanskrit.