{"id":98697,"date":"2026-01-20T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=98697"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:55:56","slug":"233-year-old-valmiki-ramayana-gifted-to-ram-katha-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/?p=98697","title":{"rendered":"233-Year-Old Valmiki Ramayana Gifted to Ram Katha Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a landmark cultural handover, Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, presented a rare 233-year-old Sanskrit manuscript of the&nbsp;<strong>V\u0101lm\u012bkir\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47am (with the&nbsp;<em>Tattvad\u012bpik\u0101<\/em>\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101)<\/strong>&nbsp;to Shri Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council of Prime Ministers Museum and Library at Teen Murti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manuscript, authored by \u0100di Kavi V\u0101lm\u012bki with a classical commentary (<em>\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101<\/em>) by Maheshvara T\u012brtha, is written in Sanskrit (Devan\u0101gar\u012b script). It is a historically significant work dating to Vikrama Sa\u1e41vat 1849 (1792 CE) and represents a rare preserved textual tradition of the R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a. The collection comprises five principal k\u0101\u1e47\u1e0das of the epicB\u0101lak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da, Ara\u1e47yak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da, Ki\u1e63kindh\u0101k\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da, Sundarak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da, and Yuddhak\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da reflecting the narrative and philosophical depth of the Itih\u0101sa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manuscript, previously loaned to Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, has now been permanently gifted to the Antarrashtriya Ram Katha Sangrahalaya (International Ram Katha Museum), Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. This significant gesture supports the museum\u2019s development as a global centre for R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a heritage, ensuring wider public access and preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/WhatsAppImage2026-01-20at6.37.51PM0GEC.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Varakhedi remarked, \u201cThis gift immortalizes the profound wisdom of Valmiki Ramayana, making it accessible to scholars, devotees, and visitors worldwide in the sacred city of Ayodhya.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/WhatsAppImage2026-01-20at6.37.52PM46V7.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shri Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council of PMML said \u201cDonation of this rare manuscript of Valmiki Ramayana to Ram Katha Sangrahalaya at Ayodhya is a landmark moment for the devotees of Ram and the temple complex at Ayodhya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark cultural handover, Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, presented a rare 233-year-old Sanskrit manuscript of the&nbsp;V\u0101lm\u012bkir\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47am (with the&nbsp;Tattvad\u012bpik\u0101\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101)&nbsp;to Shri Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council of Prime Ministers Museum and Library at Teen Murti. The manuscript, authored by \u0100di Kavi V\u0101lm\u012bki with a classical commentary (\u1e6d\u012bk\u0101) by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":98698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[80],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-98697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-news","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98699,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98697\/revisions\/98699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98697"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=98697"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=98697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}