The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi has now added a third language to make announcements at the airport. Reports state passengers will now hear Covid-19 announcements in the Sanskrit language.
The initiative by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is in collaboration with Banaras Hindu University. A clip featuring the Sanskrit announcement shared by the official Twitter account of Varanasi Airport has gone viral on Twitter.
The clip has created a buzz on Twitter, and people have a lot of questions and opinions about it. Have a look:
The initiative was taken to give respect to the language.
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