In a rare find, a replica of a palm leaf manuscript made using a 150-year-old handmade paper was discovered in Kadiri of Sri Sathya Sai district in Andhra Pradesh. The manuscript belonged to the year 1474, and the artifact consisted of two thick palm leaves stored in a bamboo sheath.
Mylaram Narayanaswamy, popularly known as MyNaa Swamy, a historian based in Gorantla town of the same district, told the media here the manuscript presented the details of Sri Veeranjaneya Swamy temple at Palapati Dinna village of Nallacheruvu mandal, 13 km from Kadiri.
Patra Ramakrishna (59), the owner of a flower mundy in Kadiri town, who has the ancient material, approached MyNaa Swamy to decipher and analyze the manuscript in the replica.
