Prez Murmu opens Granth Kutir for books, manuscripts in 11 classical...

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• Around 50 manuscripts, many handwritten on traditional materials like palm leaf, paper, bark and cloth, are also part of the collection.
• Till recently, books like A Catalogue of the Original Works of William Hogarth, Speeches of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Summary of the Administration of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Life of Lord Curzon, Punch Magazines and others were housed here, the statement said.
• These have now been “relocated” to a separate space within the Rashtrapati estate and these books, a part of the archival collection, have been digitised and will be made available for online access by researcher scholars.
• “The objective of Granth Kutir is to enhance public awareness about India’s cultural and literary heritage and align with the national resolve to shed colonial influences,” the statement said.
• The initiative also supports the Gyan Bharatam Mission, which aims to preserve, digitise and disseminate India’s vast manuscript heritage by integrating tradition with technology.