It gives me great pleasure that Sahapedia, an open, online encyclopedic resource on Indian arts, cultures and heritage, has reached an important milestone in a journey that started in 2010. Sahapedia's website, on which we have been working for the last five years in terms of content creation and partnerships, and the last one year in terms of development, is now ready for launch.

Some of the areas Sahapedia covers are knowledge systems, textual and oral traditions, visual and performing arts, literatures and languages, spaces and practices, histories, institutions and people. We wish to create this encyclopedia, freely available to everyone, in collaboration with institutions, experts, practitioners and interested people from all areas of cultural activity. 

As we keep building the resource, we seek your continued involvement with and support for Sahapedia. 

We are delighted to share the news with you that we are launching the Sahapedia web platform on 23 April (Saturday) at the Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, Mandi House, New Delhi 110 001 at 6 pm. 

Sudha Gopalakrishnan