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The
Vrindavan Research
Institute
was founded in November, 1968 by public spirited philanthropist scholar,
Dr. R. D. Gupta of the school of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London. Institue was formally inaugurated
by Dr.Karan Singh, the then Union Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Realising the significance of the aims and mission of the Institute and
appreciating its achievements, the Govt. of U.P. and the Central Govt.
provided recurring and ad-hoc grants for its activities. In addition,
the Institute welcomes donations from individuals and Institutions.The
Institute is recognized by the University of Agra as a research centre
for Ph.D. Degree in Hindi and Sanskrit, and accorded the status of a museum
of manuscripts and archival material by the Museums Association of India.
Through the generous support of the Department of Culture, Govt. of Uttar
Pradesh and the Department of Culture, Govt. of India, the Institute is
now housed in its own new building on a piece of land of about 4 acres
ideally situated at Raman Reti (Near the ISKCON Temple) and with sufficient
scope for future developments. The foundation stone of the Institute’s
new building was laid on 6, January 1983 by Smt.Sheela Kaul, the then
Minister of Education and Culture, Government of India. Hon’ble Central
Minister for H.R.D. Shri Arjun Singh inaugurated the newly established
Braj Culture Museum at the auspicious occasion of Silver Jubilee function
on 18th of December, 1993 It has thus grown into a centre devoted to the
cause of conservation and publication of Indian culture.
The
primary aim of the Institute is to collect, preserve and study the manuscripts,
archival material, and objects of art and culture of India in general
and of the Braj region in particular. The Institute has microfilmed thousands
of manuscripts and historical temple documents from some private collections
in the Braj and wider areas, which are extremely useful for the study
of the history and culture of the region.Since then it has been making
steady progress and its collection now contains about 30,000 manuscripts
in Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali and other Indian languages, and hundreds of
archival documents and temple records shedding light on the socio-economic,
religious and cultural life of medieval India. The Institute is approved
by Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra as a research centre for Ph.D.
Degree in Hindi and Sanskrit. Now Institute is recognise for one year
P.G. Diploma in Manuscriptology. The Institute is recognised as a museum
of manuscripts and archival material by the Museums Association of India.
Institute's Quarterly Magazine
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