INDIA, March 19, 2011: Kancheepuram’s Shankara Math is setting up a pathshala on the outskirts of Chennai city, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. Spread over five acres, the pathshala was inaugurated by Kanchi Shankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi on March 16 at Rajakilpakkam, 9.3 miles from Chennai. Boys and girls of any faith are welcome to get enrolled here.
V. Shankar, a Mumbai-based businessman who initiated this project, says, ‘Students will be taught Vedas and puranas from 5 am till around 7 am every morning. They will then attend school for academic studies. In the evening, they will once again attend pathshala classes, finishing their school work before going to bed.’
According to Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, ‘It is important to cultivate respect and veneration for gurus. It is good to learn both traditional and modern wisdom and for the school to be situated in the midst of several modern schools.’