Mangolin Kanjur

Context

Indian Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of reprinting 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur under the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM).

First five re-printed volumes of Mongolian Kanjur Manuscripts released

Mangolin Kanjur

• Buddhist religious text that has 108 volumes (very prominent in Mangolia)
  ‘Kanjur’ which  are in Mangolian language
• It provides cultural identity to Mongolia
• Mangolians worship Kanjur at temples and recite the lines of Kanjur in daily life as a sacred ritual

National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM)

• To publish rare and unpublished manuscripts so that the knowledge enshrined in them is spread to researchers, scholars and general public at large
• It is under Ministry of Tourism and Culture

Significance

• Buddhism was carried to Mongolia by Indian cultural and religious ambassadors long ago
• As a result, today, Buddhists form the single largest religious denomination in Mongolia
• The publication of Mongolian Kanjur will act as a symbol of cultural symphony between India and Mongolia
• It will further strengthen bilateral relations of the countries