The followers of Sanatana Dharma loosely translated as the Religion Eternal or Truth Eternal otherwise known widely as Hinduism sang their prayers to their God in Sanskrit. Hindus considered this language as Girvani -the language of Gods. Possibly when this practice started it was the language of the educated (Prakrit being the common man's language). After thousands of years the Hindus have reached a stage when only a very small minority understand Sanskrit. For the past 2-3 centuries the need to sing to their God in the language understood and spoken by them was felt by the Hindus and consequently mellifluous and enchanting prayers in many Indian languages evolved.
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