Rare Tamil Books, Palm-leaf Manuscripts Exhibited At BHU Library As Part Of Ongoing Kashi Tamil Sangamam

Rare books an manuscripts of Tamil language are being displayed at a exhibition at Banaras Hindu University‘s Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Central Library. 

The exhibition has been organised as part of the ongoing Kashi Tamil Sangamam.

These include first copies of early Tamil dramas and books gifted to Annie Besant, a book explaining Tamil musical techniques, books by Kumaragurubara, books on Saiva philosophy, Bharati books, translations of Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc.

Padma Shri Chamu Krishnashastri, President of Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti and Chief Convener of Kashi Tamil Sangam, inaugurated the Rare Tamil Books and Manuscripts Exhibition in Banaras Hindu University Central Library, Varanasi.

”It is very gratifying that these ancient and rare documents have been properly preserved in the university library, and these documents should be properly classified and accessible for the use of researchers,” he said, inaugurating the exhibition. 

With an aim to ‘celebrate, reaffirm and rediscover the age-old links between Tamil Nadu and Kashi – two of the country’s most important and ancient seats of learning‘, more than 2,500 delegates from Tamil Nadu will be visinting Kashi, and then head to Prayagraj and Ayodhya before they head back to Tamil Nadu.