5 years ago
In 2016, on our next trip to India to explore palm leaf libraries in India, we have visited many interesting places. We moved in the southern part of the state of Tamil Nadu in areas where rishis, and especially Maharishi Agasthiya, lived a thousand years ago. Here we visited the waterfalls that bear his name and performed the ceremony of dropping palm leaves on the holy water. We have also went the town of Vaitheesswarankoil. This pilgrim spot is considered as the heart of palm leaf libraries in India. In a relatively small space, there are more than 100 private palm leaf libraries where people can ask for an explanation of their future As part of our journey, we have also admired the largest and most famous library of palm leaves around the world in the city of Tanjavur, which is called Saraswati Mahal Library. In addition to this so-called main library, we also visited its branch in a place called Tiruvaduturai.
