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The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, inaugurated Granth Kutir at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Granth Kutir has a rich collection of manuscripts and books in 11 classical languages of India which are Tamil, Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali.
The Granth Kutir showcases India’s rich and diverse cultural, philosophical, literary and intellectual heritage.
This Kutir has a collection of about 2,300 books in 11 Indian classical languages of India. Government of India conferred the ‘Classical Language’ status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali languages on October 03, 2024.
Before that, six languages had the classical language status. The Granth Kutir collection covers a wide range of subjects such as epics, philosophy, linguistics, history, governance, science, and devotional literature as well as the Constitution of India in these languages.
Around 50 manuscripts are also part of the collection. Many of these manuscripts are handwritten on traditional materials such as palm leaf, paper, bark, and cloth.
The Granth Kutir has been developed through collaboration with central government, state governments, universities, research institutions, cultural organisations, and individual donors from across the country
