India uses Sanskrit a lot - in the form of chanting mantras or doing puja or in the form of many regional languages that have similar vocabulary as Sanskrit.
India even has two states which have Sanskrit as their official language. India's sacred scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Geeta, Ramayana are in Sanskrit. So India uses Sanskrit language in the form of shlokas, mantras etc. Large number of people are learning Sanskrit these days. In Nepal too the situation is culturally similar.
Apart from India, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore has cultural influence of Sanskrit. In Indonesia kakawin Ramayana is popular - which is a rendering of Valmiki's Ramayana. Many universities in US or Europe offer Sanskrit as a language for study in Indology or Southeast Indian Cultural study courses. It is usually categorised as Asian language studies, Oriental studies or Indian studies. Germany, Austria, Australia, Belgium Denmark, Finland, Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, USA, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Srilanka and Nepal This countries offer Sanskrit language for study.
India even has two states which have Sanskrit as their official language. India's sacred scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Geeta, Ramayana are in Sanskrit. So India uses Sanskrit language in the form of shlokas, mantras etc. Large number of people are learning Sanskrit these days. In Nepal too the situation is culturally similar.
Apart from India, Nepal, Myanmar, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore has cultural influence of Sanskrit. In Indonesia kakawin Ramayana is popular - which is a rendering of Valmiki's Ramayana. Many universities in US or Europe offer Sanskrit as a language for study in Indology or Southeast Indian Cultural study courses. It is usually categorised as Asian language studies, Oriental studies or Indian studies. Germany, Austria, Australia, Belgium Denmark, Finland, Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, USA, Bhutan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Srilanka and Nepal This countries offer Sanskrit language for study.