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Hanu Reddy Residences
39/18, Binny Road
Poes Garden Chennai 600 086
A historian, environmentalist and writer based in Chennai, Nanditha Krishna has a Ph.D in Ancient Indian culture from Bombay University. She is a professor, and research guide at CPR Institute of Indological Research, affiliated to the University of Madras. She is the president of the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation and founder-director of its many constituents. She is the author of several articles, research papers and 26 books. It is over 100 years since the Sarasvati Mahal Library (which dates back to the Nayak era in the 16th century) became a public library. We invite you to celebrate it by learning about its painted manuscripts!
Hanu Reddy Residences
39/18, Binny Road
Poes Garden Chennai 600 086
Painted Manuscripts of the Sarasvati Mahal Library A treasure trove of information
Serfoji II (1777-1832) the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur, was a bibliophile whose collection of manuscripts and books forms the bulk of the historic Sarasvati Mahal Library. The library contains several unique painted manuscripts, covering a wide range of subjects, which our IWA member Nanditha Krishna was able to study and which were photographed by IWA member Charu Rajamani’s husband, the late Mr. V.K. Rajamani. This was published as a book, Painted Manuscripts of the Sarasvati Mahal Library.A historian, environmentalist and writer based in Chennai, Nanditha Krishna has a Ph.D in Ancient Indian culture from Bombay University. She is a professor, and research guide at CPR Institute of Indological Research, affiliated to the University of Madras. She is the president of the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation and founder-director of its many constituents. She is the author of several articles, research papers and 26 books. It is over 100 years since the Sarasvati Mahal Library (which dates back to the Nayak era in the 16th century) became a public library. We invite you to celebrate it by learning about its painted manuscripts!
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