New Delhi, March 31 -- In a landmark recognition of Sanskrit scholarship and Indian philosophy, Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. Bhadreshdas Swami, Swami of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, has been conferred the Saraswati Samman 2024 for his acclaimed Sanskrit publication Swaminarayana Siddhanta Sudha. This marks a historic occasion as the prestigious literary award returns to Sanskrit literature after more than two decades.

The Saraswati Samman, instituted in 1991 by the K.K. Birla Foundation, is one of India's highest literary honors. It is awarded annually to an Indian citizen for an exceptional work of prose or poetry published in the last ten years, written in any of the 22 languages recognized in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. ...