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UP Digitises 15,890 Rare Manuscripts Under Gyan Bharatam Mission
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News18•13-10-2026, 17:45
UP Digitises 15,890 Rare Manuscripts Under Gyan Bharatam Mission
- •Over 15,000 rare manuscripts and more than 7.56 lakh pages have been scanned across six key institutions in Uttar Pradesh under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
- •Metadata has been prepared for 14,594 manuscripts, with 14,208 records successfully uploaded digitally as of September 2026.
- •Participating institutions include Gita Press in Gorakhpur, Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Government Manuscript Library, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and Vrindavan Research Institute.
- •The Vrindavan Research Institute recorded the highest number of scanned pages, totaling 1,93,256 pages across 3,161 manuscripts.
- •Culture and Tourism Minister Jaiveer Singh stated that the initiative aims to protect centuries-old heritage from deterioration and make it accessible for future research.
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More than 15,000 rare manuscripts, specifically 15,890 manuscripts comprising over 7.56 lakh scanned pages, have been digitised across six institutions in Uttar Pradesh under the Gyan Bharatam Mission as of September 2026.
The digitisation exercise is underway at six institutions: Gita Press in Gorakhpur, Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Government Manuscript Library, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and Vrindavan Research Institute in Mathura.
The Vrindavan Research Institute recorded the highest number of scanned pages among the six participating institutions, with 1,93,256 pages associated with 3,161 manuscripts digitised.
