Lucknow,

18 May (HS): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath encourages residents

to help conserve and digitize rare manuscripts to preserve the state's cultural

legacy. The Uttar Pradesh government is working to preserve India's ancient

knowledge. Nearly 700,000 manuscripts have been identified in Uttar Pradesh so

far. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath wants the public of Uttar Pradesh, if they

have any manuscripts or have information about them, to help preserve and

digitize them. He has written a letter to the citizens of Uttar Pradesh to this

effect.

An

important source of knowledge about ancient society and culture: Manuscripts

are documents that provide insight into the ancient society and culture of

various regions of the country. They offer a glimpse into the past and are an

authentic document of ancient civilization. Approximately 7.5 million

manuscripts have been identified nationwide and 700,000 in Uttar Pradesh. These

manuscripts, from various periods, are in Sanskrit and other ancient languages

and scripts. The central government and the Uttar Pradesh government are

working to preserve these manuscripts by translating and digitizing them.

'Yogi's

letter' to the people of UP: He has added a letter titled 'Yogi's Letter' to

this post. In it, he has written, My respected citizens of the state,

today's letter begins with a question. I ask you, what is the soul of India? It

is quite possible that your answer will be one among the Vedas, Upanishads,

Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Geeta, Maryada Purushottam Lord Shri Ram,

Leeladhar Shri Krishna, Mahatma Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Nanak Dev, Saint

Kabir, humanity. This is where a natural curiosity arises in the mind as to

how? The answer is, this intact identity of India was preserved in manuscripts

through the Shravan tradition and after technological advancement, it reached

every home in the form of texts. This is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi

considers manuscripts to be the chapters of India's soul.

In

a post on X, UP CM remarked, “My esteemed fellow citizens of the state, the

illustrious Prime Minister Shri @narendramodiji regards manuscripts as chapters

of India's soul. We are able to benefit from the knowledge accumulated over generations

today because these manuscripts have kept the consciousness of knowledge

awakened for thousands of years. I urge you to come forward for the

preservation of manuscripts. So far, nearly 7 lakh manuscripts have been

identified. If you have any ancient manuscripts, handwritten texts, palm

leaves, etc., available, please upload information about them on the 'Gyan

Bharatam Mobile App' or portal, so that their preservation can be ensured.”

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi