BRC Rare Artefacts

BRC Rare Artefacts

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The Original Handwritten Gaura Aarti by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur

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The Original Handwritten Last Will of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada.

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An Exhibit of Rare Manuscripts at BRC Kolkata

Rare Exhibits

A copy of 'Truth and Beauty'

A copy of 'Truth and Beauty' The famous article published in "Back to Godhead" Magazine Dated 20th November 1958 View PDF

copy of  Letter written by<br>
					Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of  Letter written by Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda on 4th March 1972 from 3 Albert Road, Calcutta to Śrīla Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura (Son of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura) Residing in Birnagar, Ula, Nadia. View PDF

Original Handwritten Letter written by Śrīla A. C. 
					Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of An Original Handwritten Letter written by Śrīla A. C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda to Brahmānanda on 24th July 1967 from London Airport Hotel. View PDF

Handwritten Letter written by Śrīla Bhakti Praj?#257;na Keśava 
					Gosvāmī Mahārāja

A copy of Handwritten Letter written by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja (the Sannyas Guru of Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda) to Abhaya Caraṇa De on 3rd April 1949. View PDF


Letter written by Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of  Letter written by Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda on 4th March 1972 from 3 Albert Road, Calcutta to Śrīla Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura (Son of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura) Residing in Birnagar, Ula, Nadia. View PDF

Members of the Board of Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda Research Institute

A copy of the Members of the Board of Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda Research Institute Founded by: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda. View PDF

An article about Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of the an article about Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda Published in the daily newspaper "EXCELSIOR" in San Jose, Costa Rica 18th October 1975. View PDF

Handwritten Letter by Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of the a Handwritten Letter by Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda written on 21st June 1971 from National Hotel, Redpark, Moscow, Russia to Śrīla Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura (Son of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura) Residing in Birnagar, Ula, Nadia, Prasada Thakura in Birnagar, Ula, Nadia. View PDF


Original Last Will of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

A copy of the Original Last Will of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda written on 31st December 1936 at 10.30 am (just a day before his disappearance) where he instructed. View PDF

A copy of the Letter written by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura  on 22nd October 1910 to Lolu (nickname of his son Śrīla Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura). View PDF

original picture of Śrīla Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī

A copy of the only known original picture of Śrīla Jagannātha Dāsa Bābājī taken by a British photographer especially arranged by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in Bhakti Bhavan, his house in Calcutta.  View PDF

Handwritten Letter written by Śrīla Bhakti Praj?#257;na Keśava 
					Gosvāmī Mahārāja

A copy of the the Original Signature of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Signed as 'nitya āśīrvada' (Eternal Blessings) Śrīsiddhantā Saraswatī. View PDF

A copy of The Original Signature of Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda

A copy of The Original Signature of Śrīla A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupāda  Signed as 'Your ever well wisher'. View PDF

The Original Signature of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

A copy of The Original Signature of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura dated 16th February 1895. View PDF

Original Handwritten Signed Letter of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda to Rāmagopāla

A copy of the an Original Handwritten Signed Letter of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda to Rāmagopāla Vidyābhūṣaṇa on 12th December 1923.   View PDF

 Original Handwritten Letter by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

A copy of the an Original Handwritten Letter by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda dated 15th January 1924 on a letterhead of Sree Gaudiya Math, 1 Ultadingi Junction Road, P.O. Shyambazar, Calcutta. View PDF

A copy of the Postal Envelope Stamped

A copy of the  Postal Envelope Stamped on 8th June 1925 at 5:30 P.M. addressed to Gaudiya Matha 1 Ultadingi Junction Road.  View PDF

A copy of the The Original Handwritten Gaura Ārati Kīrtana

A copy of the Original Handwritten by Gaura Arati Kirtana jaya jaya goracandera arati ko sobha' Srīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. View PDF

The Original Handwritten Kirtana Ārati 'Nārada Muṇi Bājāye Vīṇā

A copy of the Original Handwritten Kirtana Arati 'Narada Muṇi Bajaye Vīṇa' by Srila Bhaktivinoda Ṭhakura Written in late 19th Century. View PDF

The Original Handwritten Prayer honoring Mahāprasāda

A copy of the Original Handwritten Prayer honoring Mahaprasada 'Sarira Avidya Jala' by Srila Bhaktivinoda Ṭhakura. View PDF

Hare Krishna Mahāmantra

The original handwritten copy of the Hare Krishna Mahāmantra by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. View PDF

The cover page of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s handwritten autobiography in Bengali

A copy of the Original Handwritten by Gaura Arati Kirtana jaya jaya goracandera arati ko sobha' Srīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. View PDF

A receipt fo rdonation of Rs 25 from Mathurā Mohana De

A copy of the receipt for a donation of Rs 25 from Mathurā Mohana De (son of Srila Prabhupada) for printing the Back to Godhead Magazine, 1952. View PDF

Bhagavad-darshan

Bhagavad-darshan the Hindi version of Back to Godhead magazine dated 15th July 1957. View PDF

Back to Godhead

A copy of the Back to Godhead Enrolment form 1952. View PDF

Śrī Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura in interaction with Srila A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupada

A copy of the Śrī Lalitā Prasāda Ṭhākura in interaction with  Srila A.C.Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Prabhupada at the birthplace of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura at Ula, Birnagar.  View PDF

The Original Handwritten Song book

A copy of the The Original Handwritten Song book by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. View PDF

The Original Handwritten Personal Diary of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda

A copy of the Original Handwritten Personal Diary of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda from 1904 to 1936.  View PDF

Taughts on Popular Topics Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

A copy on Taught on Popular Topics Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. View PDF

Gaudiya A weekly Journal

A copy of the a weekly Journal started in 1922 by Gaudiya Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Volume 1, Issue 1, 1923. View PDF

Dainik Nadia-Prakash A daily newspaper

A copy of the Dainik Nadia-Prakash a daily newspaper published from 1927 to 1947 started by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Volume 4, Issue 154 - Tuesday 27th August 1929. View PDF

Sri Sajjan Toshani The Harmonist

A copy of the Sri Sajjan Toshani The Harmonist started by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Volume 25, Issue 1, June 1927. View PDF

A manuscript folio of Chaitanya Bhagavat

A copy of the a manuscript folio of the original handwritten Chaitanya Bhagavat by Śrīla Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura (Digitized by BRC at Denur, Bardhaman, West Bengal on 16th February 2011) View PDF

A copy of the a manuscript folio of 10th Canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

A copy of the a manuscript folio of 10th Canto of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (said to have been handwritten by Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita with side annotations containing the commentary of Srila Sridhara Swami by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu) currently preserved at the Gaurāṅga Ṭola Mandira, Nabadwip Town, Nadia. View PDF

The Rādhārāsa Mañjarī manuscript the famous mantra taptakāñcana gaurāṅgī śrīrādhe vṛndāvaneśvarī

copy of the The Rādhārāsa Mañjarī manuscript with the famous mantra taptakāñcana gaurāṅgī śrīrādhe vṛndāvaneśvarī. View PDF

BRC Library

Acyuta Prabhu, Librarian, Bhaktivedanta Research Center, showcasing the library to HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaj, HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj,
HG Jananivas Prabhu and others.  View PDF

Srila Prabhupada
These items are very, very priceless and are a great treasure house of Vaisnava lore, so be very careful in the matter and take all precautions to guard them.

Srila Prabhupada


Manuscript Mission

The Exhibits at BRC showcase a fascinating journey of the Glorious History of Our Literary Heritage

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