Sanskritik Sangam, a non-government organization based in Uttar Pradesh, India, was established in 2005. It started as a project -- “Meghdoot Ki Purvanchal Yatra” (most famous creation from Sanskritik Sangam today), the first of its kind musical presentation in Bhojpuri inspired by Kalidasa’a Meghdootam showcasing Purvanchal’s rituals and traditions all throughout the year. It was first staged in the hometown of Sanskritik Sangam in Salempur with a mission to re-establish the vanishing Indian values among its citizens. The play was well appreciated among the masses and lead to an entire new paradigm with innumerous shows being conducted across the nation. The widespread acceptance and appreciation of the presentation has proved that “however artificial the expressions may become; true values never fade away from the core” and hence the journey of Sanskritik Sangam began revering Indian traditions.
The consumerist era today has made us insensitive and it is indispensable now to revive the inner core of the individual and society at large to rejuvenate brotherly hood, re-establish love and affection, replacing the presiding evils.
Sanskritik Sangam does not oppose the change, but favors it; intents to observe it as a guard that the “change” is not destructive and derogatory to the society.
Following what Mahatma Gandhi said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world”, Sanskritik Sangam has hand-picked pearls of Indian traditions from various literatures and sources and composed them for the masses as an effort towards social enrichment. It aims to harmonize the society by reaching millions of hearts through an opus of heart. To achieve this, Sanskritik Sangam has chosen Folk arts, literature, music and dance as medium of communication in order to empower the celestial emotions and expressions.
Folk literature, whether disciplined or undisciplined, is prevalent everywhere outlining not only the origin of an individual or a society, but also its traditions which ultimately help connecting with soul. Disciplined philosophy is limited within enlightened group of people and never spared by the critiques; on the other hand undisciplined form is well positioned among all classes. Sanskritik Sangam’s mission is to communicate the disciplined literature to the masses for profound ethical establishment at the core .
Besides present financial and other challenges, Sanskritik Sangam is committed to achieve its goals and consistently moving forward in this direction. It is imperative to mention here that through its presentations Sanskritik Sangam has spread its message and has been appreciated by people at large. Following are some of the presentations from Sanskritik Sangam –
“Meghdoot Ki Purvanchal Yatra”,
“Dhaai Aakhar Prem Ke (Kabir)”,
“Ramayan”,
Plays based on Munshi Premchand’s
“Kaptaan Sahab”
“Bade Bhaisahab”, and
“Sadgati”,
Plays from some other writers
“Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal”,
“Bholaram Ka Jeev” and
Our own creation
“Jaago Grahak Jaago” ,
To compliment its mission, following are the objectives of Sanskritik Sangam as an organization –
1. Perform all activities favoring social and cultural development and to empower folk arts by conducting cultural events.
2. The prime objective of Sanskritik Sangam is to create theatrical presentations by translating plays from Hindi and other languages and to promote new and upcoming artists by staging these presentations.
3. Preserve Indian scriptures and support development of diverse Indian languages like Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Arabic, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu etc. To conduct research on these languages and publish them.
4. Preserve and promote famous literary works and encourage their creators. To research and publish work from famous philosophers. Preserve the cultural legacy reserved with the general public and to identify ways to promote them.To support all activities in this regards like dramatics, cultural music, poetry, mushayara, puppet shows, theatre, gazalsongs, folk arts child theatre, folk dramas, nukkad natak, etc and to educate people by establishing and managing them. Provide scholarships or facilitate in getting so to underprivileged students.
5. Create awareness among rural people about education through theatrical presentations. Inform about various educational centers for betterment of their life and lifestyle and create more employment by training them.
6. Publish quarterly magazine based on folk dramatics, traditions and culture.
7. Stimulate the spirit of nationality and love for the nation among Indian citizens. Educate about nation’s governance, constitutional and fundamental rights. Spread awareness about laws for scheduled caste and tribes, citizen duties, unbiased elections, Election process, unity among all religion, caste and geographies by organizing plays, s and nukkad natak.
8. For all round development and empowerment of women in the region, organization will set up and manage training centers for – crafts, stiching, embroidery, weahair and skin care, fashion designing, designing, computers, drawing and paiting, dance and singing.
9. Organize productive and creative free educational camps and educational centers for local people.
10. Voluntarily participate in various campaigns run by Khadi Gramodyog Ayog/Khadi Gramodyog Board/Commission/Society Development Department, Human Resource Development Board, Kapart and other departments.
11. Involve and operate business with help of Khadi Gramodyog. Establish, produce and sale products related to gramodyog and utilize the revenue generated by this mean for development of the organization.
12. Organize events like plays, musical events, fashion shows etc favorable to general public.
13. Organize charity shows, seminars, film shows to spread awareness of and promote dramtics and culture among artists and general public.
14. Create events based on religious harmony, social and educational films, plays etc and present them on voluntarily for cultural, social and spiritual enlightenment.
15. Provide training for Yogasanas, Pranayama, Mudras and Kriyas by setting up Yoga training centers in order to improve concentration for stress free lifestyle.
16. Facilitate exhibitions to showcase various products related to chikan zari, zardozi, hathkargha and khadi clothing.
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