The palm leaf manuscripts are in the Nandinagari script, an ancient dialect of Kannada and Sanskrit; (top) The folios in the possession of Seetharam Javagal were actually astronomical documents. A ...

John Baby twists and folds a long strip of coconut palm leaf. In a few minutes, he transforms the strip into an elegant grasshopper. He soon makes another and the two grasshoppers look like they are ...

The mode of expression is direct and honest." "These palm-leaf manuscripts are very important for people in Isan and in Laos," said Em-orn, who is of maternal Laotian ancestry. "Their faith has been ...

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate a palm-leaf manuscript museum with modern audio-visual technology at the renovated Central Archives, Fort, here on Thursday. Set up by the Archives ...