Mumbai: ‘With thousands of manuscripts left to be rewritten, it is a race against time’
‘Shrutganga’, the centre of rewriting Jain manuscripts, nestles on the third floor of Shrut Ganga Mandir, situated amidst the hustle and bustle of the commercial hub of Kalbadevi.

Time itself seems to slow down as a dozen men, seated in an organised sequence on the floor, work themselves into oblivion. These are no ordinary men, and their work, perhaps, is worth a million dollars, for these skilled artists, in this age of ‘one-touch’ and ‘single clicks’, are rewriting ancient manuscripts using the methodology of a long-established religious faith.

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