Indian PM Modi leads World Sanskrit Day greetings

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended his greetings on World Sanskrit Day and urged everyone to share one sentence in Sanskrit to celebrate this "great" language.

In a follow-up, tweet, PM Modi wrote, "I laud all those who are passionate about it. India has a very special relation with Sanskrit," tweeted PM Modi.

World Sanskrit Day is observed on Shravana Poornima according to the Hindu calendar. This year it falls on on August 31.

(ANI)