Savitribai Phule · Sanskrit Story
India Remembers
भारतं स्मरति
Government of India; Maharashtra Government; India Post — Savitribai Phule stamp, 1998 · Beginner Sanskrit
January Third
तिसृणाम् जनवर्याः दिवसः — सावित्रीबाईयाः जन्मदिनम्। महाराष्ट्रे — भारते च — इदं दिनं उत्सवदिनम्। "बालिकादिनम्" — बालिकाशिक्षायाः उत्सवः। पुणेनगरे, ग्रामेषु, विद्यालयेषु — सावित्री स्मर्यते। एका स्त्री — एकः दिनम् — एका राष्ट्रस्य स्मृतिः।
The third day of January — Savitribai's janma-dina (जन्मदिनम् — birthday). In Maharashtra — and in India — this day is a festival. "Balika Din" — a celebration of girls' education. In Pune city, in villages, in schools — Savitribai is remembered (smaryate — स्मर्यते). One woman — one day — one smṛti (स्मृतिः — memory/legacy) of the nation.
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