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President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated ‘Granth Kutir’ astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan present connected Friday (January 23, 2026).
Granth Kutir (book house) has a affluent postulation of manuscripts and books successful 11 classical languages of India, including Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali.
According to a merchandise issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Granth Kutir showcases India’s affluent and divers cultural, philosophical, literate and intelligence heritage.
This publication location has a postulation of astir 2,300 books successful 11 Indian classical languages. The postulation covers a wide scope of subjects specified arsenic epics, philosophy, linguistics, history, governance, science, and devotional lit arsenic good arsenic the Constitution of India successful these languages.
Around 50 manuscripts are besides portion of the collection. Many of these manuscripts are handwritten connected accepted materials specified arsenic thenar leaf, paper, bark, and cloth.
The merchandise added that Granth Kutir has been developed done collaboration with the Union government, State governments, universities, probe institutions, taste organisations, and idiosyncratic donors from crossed the country.
The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture on with institutions associated with them person supported this initiative. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is providing nonrecreational expertise successful the management, conservation, documentation and show of manuscripts.
The purpose of processing the Granth Kutir is to heighten consciousness among the citizens regarding the country’s taste and literate heritage.
