Watch: This video of Bengaluru cab driver speaking Sanskrit fluently has taken the internet by storm

A video of a cab driver speaking fluently in Sanskrit has taken the internet by storm. The 45-second clip features the cab driver from Bengaluru conversing with a passenger in Sanskrit. The video has been posted by Girish Bharadwaja, whose bio describes him as an entrepreneur and from Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

Sanskrit speaking cab driver in Bengaluru🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/2Kc5tRrnzU

— Girish Bharadwaja (@Girishvhp) June 11, 2019

Ever since the video went viral on social media, it has been retweeted over 2,500 times and received around 6,700 likes. While one user commented, "How fluent ....nice", another wrote, "How proud I am of You dear friend Cab driver ji ! You inspire me !" 

😍how I wish to learn to speak in fluent Sanskrit.

— Meenakshi Sharan (@meenakshisharan) June 12, 2019

How proud I am of You dear friend Cab driver ji ! You inspire me !

— dr.bharatbhardwaj (@Vrishnivansh) June 12, 2019

omg. hearing Sanskrit after a long time !!

— Niramay Gogate (@GNiramay) June 13, 2019

OMG ... God Bless

— Savy (@SavySweetu) June 13, 2019

One of the users, in fact, was so delighted that he opined Sanskrit should be introduced as part of the school curriculum.

Excellent ,God bless him , I think schools shud intro Sanskrit. In curriculum

— Ushagopal (@Ushagopal5) June 12, 2019