An Indian has launched an open-source digital Hindu encyclopedia
Added: (Sun Nov 27 2022)
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Included on the open platform, which went live last week, are thousands of articles on famous temples and other topics related to Sanatana Dharma; For example Sanatan tradition. Scrolling through is like page-hopping on Wikipedia, although the information is more organized and comprehensive—and reliable.
The makers of the encyclopedia, a team of researchers at eVidyalam in Saharanpur, claim that this is the first resource that tells the story of India's eternal traditions in one, easy-to-read place. Until now, the project's founder, Srikant Rana, explained that this type of accurate and truthful information was difficult to find.
“Earlier, people got information about Indian culture either from institutions or from the market or from very specialized educationists who write books that most people cannot understand,” said Srikant Rana, founder of eVidyalam. ,
The site's content focuses on Indian culture, but Srikant Rana said he hopes to soon include the history of other countries. (Similarly, the platform is currently available only in the Hindi language, but eVidyalam plans to offer English translation in the future.)
“I didn't even realize that India didn't have an encyclopedia for Sanatana Sanskriti. And it was quite shocking that being one of the oldest cultures in the world, no one had thought of doing so.” "Every child knows about David, Mona Lisa, and Botticelli, but there are Indian masterpieces (heroes) (eg - Sri Rama, Sri Krishna, Dhanur Dhari Arjuna, Veera Abhimanyu, Maharana Kumbha, Maharana Pratap) about whom very few know Is."
There is a small village named Jhinjhauli in Uttar Pradesh. There Shrikant Rana was born (on 30 August 1994) in a Rajput family. He loved reading computers and maths since childhood. Shrikant Rana studied Computer Science in Saharanpur and started working in a school.