The government is planning to set up an academy to promote Braj Bhasha, a dialect of Hindi which is spoken by people primarily in Braj region including Agra, Mathura, Etah and Aligarh. <br/><br/>Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said this during the launch of "Culture Mapping of India" programme at Mathura today. He said that the Braj Sahitya Academy most likely will be set up in Mathura. <br/><br/>The Minister also said that there was a need to preserve traditional dialects and that the government would take initiative in this regard. <br/><br/>Braj language descended from Shauraseni Prakrit and commonly viewed as a western dialect of Hindi. It is spoken by some 575,000 people, primarily in India.