For the first time in the country, several museums and institutions have come together to make a rare manuscript available on the public domain, so that it can be accessible to everyone, for research and educational purposes.

(Above and below) Pages from the Mewar Ramayana, which has been collaboratively digitised

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), British Library, Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery and other private collections painstakingly worked together to digitise the Mewar Ramayana, one of the finest existing illustrated manuscripts of the Hindu mythological epic. Started in early 2011, the project was completed recently, and will go live on March 21.