Digital Preservation of Kerala Archives

To survey and digitize some of the most important collections of palm-leaf manuscripts in the Thrissur and Ernakulam districts, Kerala, India in both institutional and family collections. These will be made available online in an open-access repository.

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Location: India, Southern Asia, Asia Organiser(s): University of Hamburg Project partner(s): École française d’Extrême-Orient, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: €799,941 Commencement Date: 02/2023 Project Status: Active
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