![]() ![]() They reside in the House of their Guru, do Community Work, learn life skills, and at the same time specialise in their subject❗️ Unlike our regular schools, here boys and girls are dedicated to study their given topics. *Gurukul is an entirely different kind of study system. Not many in Goa may know about it, but the President of India and the Prime Minister of India know who they are, and what work they do! This small unaided school is one of the topmost Sanskrit Research Centres in the world❗️ It's a small institution with 30-odd resident students. *Pryavrat's Father Mahamahopadhyaya Devdutt Patil and his Mother together run a Sanskrit Gurukul in this village. The very first thing i noticed was, that this lady who was talking to us in fluent Konkani and Marathi, was talking with the same fluency to her Son in Sanskrit❗️ *The young man and his Father were not at the home. ![]() Their house itself was the first revelation of it's scholarly atmosphere❗️ It was not just a house, it was a Rishi Ashram❗️ *When we reached Rivona it was quite dark, and Cyclone Nisarga was approaching. *What made the Prime Minister of India call Priyavrat Patil, was that this young handsome teenager had cracked one of the most difficult exams in Sanskrit! This makes him one of the topmost scholars of Sanskrit in the country❗️ *Recently, Rivona became the talk of the town all over Goa, when one day, all of a sudden, the Prime Minister of India Modi made a phone call to the village to congratulate a 16-year old boy Priavrat Patil! As per history, its original name was Rishi Vana, a forest where Rishis reside. *There is a village in remote interiors of Goa, on the banks of River Kushavati, called Rivona. RIVONA, A VILLAGE ON THE BANKS OF RIVER KUSHAVATI, IN GOA, HAS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SANSKRIT GURUKUL ![]()
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