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UNESCO’s Memory of the World Regional Register

May 19 , 2024 43 days 225 0
  • Three Indian literary works, Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahdayaloka-Locana, were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register.
  • Ramcharitmanas, is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas.
  • The 15th-century Sahdayaloka-Locana, by Kashmiri scholars Acharya Anandvardhan and Abhinavagupta, was chosen because of its aesthetics.
  • UNESCO’s MOW programme is an international cooperation strategy aimed at safeguarding, protecting, and facilitating access to and the use of documentary heritage, especially heritage that is rare and endangered.
  • There are 494 inscriptions on the International MoW Register, as of May 2023, according to the UNESCO website.
  • However, the MoW register operates on regional levels as well.

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