Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum

Copyright infringement not intended

Context: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate a palm-leaf manuscript museum with modern audio-visual technology at the renovated Central Archives, Fort

Details:

• Set up by the Archives Department, the ₹3-crore museum has eight theme-based galleries where select manuscripts from one of the biggest palm-leaf collections in the country will be displayed.
• The manuscripts in ancient scripts such as Vattezhuthu, Kolezhuthu, Malayanma, and ancient Tamil and Malayalam are present in the museum.
• The manuscripts which delve into aspects as diverse as tax, administration, and trade to education, prisons, and festivals in the erstwhile Travancore, Kochi, and Malabar provide a fascinating glimpse of history that is rarely accessible to the common man.
• Besides palm-leaf manuscripts, scrolls, bamboo splints, and copper plates are included in the collection

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/palm-leaf-manuscript-museum-opens-window-to-little-known-history/article66289594.ece