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	Rigveda Rigveda Manuscripts enter the “Memory of the World” Register The BORI is extremely glad to know that a collection of 30 manuscripts of Rigveda in its possession is now a part of the “Memory of the World” Register of the UNESCO. Rigveda, the oldest known literature is the pride of the whole nation. It is preserved by oral and written traditions over the ages. One of the thirty manuscripts is on birch bark and the rest on paper. The Mandala form of the Rigveda is found in some, while the Ashtaka form in others. By and large the manuscripts are in good condition. The UNESCO recognition is a tribute, not only to the Rigveda as a text, but also to the beautifully, carefully and accurately calligraphed manuscripts and the caretakers of the manuscripts.