VISIT TO ORIENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MYSORE

With a view to educate about the process of collection and conservation of manuscripts,  the students of 2^nd year of all courses were taken for a visit to the ORI.  It is an organization engaged in the process of collection and conservation of Sanskrit manuscripts. The students were able to get exhaustive information about the objectives behind the establishment of the institute, various types of manuscripts found at ORI, the different scripts used in these manuscripts, the number of manuscripts in the library, the methods of conservation of these manuscripts, the process of fumigation treatment employed to conserve the manuscripts and other methods involved in the process of conservation of the manuscripts. The students were also able to get a glimpse of the manuscripts and to observe the manuscripts very closely. They went through the Fumigation Chamber meant for the process of fumigation, an important process involved in the conservation of manuscripts. They were also able to view the process of recording of the manuscripts that was taking place at the time of their visit.  Asst. Professor Dr. Chandra Mohan rendered his assistance in organizing the field visit effectively.