Preserving the Bhatta Family Manuscript Collection
5 April 2022
In collaboration with the Bhatta family, CSMC has started a project to preserve the Bhatta Family Manuscript Collection at Changu Narayan. The collection is of great value not only in the context of Nepalese history and culture.
On March 11, a local team in Bhaktapur, Nepal, started with the preservation measures for the manuscripts of the Bhatta Family Manuscript Collection. The manuscripts and artefats are being kept in the collection of the Bhatta family at Changu Narayan, an ancient Hindu temple that is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The work is a collaborative effort of CSMC and the Bhatta family in Bhaktapur and is part of the project ‘Preserving the Written Cultural Heritage of Nepal’, which is generously supported by the German Foreign Office and the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
The oldest manuscripts of collection date back to approximately the seventeenth century, others date from the period up to the twentieth century. The Bhatta Family Manuscript Collection is of great value not only in the context of Nepalese history and culture, but also for Central Asian and South Asian culture at large.