Editor of world’s only Sanskrit newspaper no more

Mysuru: KV Sampath Kumar (64), the editor of “Sudharma,” the Sanskrit-language newspaper, has died of a heart attack.

Sudharma is the only Sanskrit daily newspaper in the world.

Kumar had been leading Sudharma for the past four decades and was also involved in Sanskrit language propagation programs.

He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Central government in recognition of his service to the Sanskrit language.

Kumar died at noontime while working in the newspaper’s office.