Lankan bags Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012
Rohana Seneviratne receives his prize from ICCR president and
titular Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Karan Singh
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Rohana Seneviratne, lecturer in Sanskrit at the Department of
Classical Languages of the University of Peradeniya and a doctoral
student in Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, UK won the prestigious
Saraswati Sanskrit Prize 2012.
The Saraswati Sanskrit Prize is a biannual award instituted in 2008
by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in India together
with the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia
(Classical Indology), University of Heidelberg in Germany to recognise
the contribution of students in Europe in promoting the understanding of
Sanskrit and to foster deeper appreciation of the Indian heritage.
This is the first time a Sri Lankan won this award. Seneviratne
received his prize from ICCR president and titular Maharaja of Jammu and
Kashmir Dr Karan Singh at the official award ceremony in New Delhi. The
prize also included a 10 day visit to India with all hospitality from
the ICCR.
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