Is there is web site I can get details of Nadi palm leaves kept in Saraswathi Mahal Museum at Thanjavur?

Question

Nadil Jyothidam is ancient Tamil verse written on palm leaves by Agasthiar the famous Saint.It was discovered and collected by Raja Sarfoji and kept at Saraswathi Mahal Museum.

Answer 1

There is no web site giving the details required by you. The Nadi Jothidam leaves are not available at Saraswati Mahal Museum now and they have been sold to others by Britishers. There are many Nadis written by different rishis and they are all available with different persons in the area of VAITHISWARAN KOIL, CHIDAMBARAM, etc. Please read the following for information-

The origin of the palm leaves can be traced back approximately 2000 years ago where fate of each individual was written by divine dispensation. Predictions of human beings were inscribed on palm leaves like many other fields like arts, science, medicine of ancient days.

Initially they were in Sanskrit. It was recopied before 300-400 years back.

In due course such palm leaves were preserved by many tamil kings who gathered all such palm leaves irrespective of the subjects and stored them in big libraries. The rulers of chela kingdom and the Mavatha king sarfojee Maharaja saved or preserved such palm leaves from decaying with age. Driven by their passion for the tamil language they translated them into tamil and preserved them at Saraswathi Mahal inside the Tanjore palace in south India. The king of Tanjore too, a true patron of arts and sciences, preserved such leaves in his palace library. With help of pandits or learned scholars he too translated all the contents from Sanskrit to tamil. The credit goes to such tamil kings who by their interest preserved the leaves which are the repository of the wisdom of ancient rishis. But for their efforts we wouldn’t have been aware of such distinct Nadi predictions.

Later, during the British rule, the British were very keen to acquire these leaves which also dealt with herbal cure, alchemy, different types of rasayans, Kayakalpa to increase longevity, different branches of fortune telling etc. In some, the basic rules of the modern scientific inventions were explained. Hence, these valuable contents were readily taken away by the British but left behind some of the astrological leaves to their loyalists. Some bundles of leaves were hence put on auction also. Experts in the field of astrology belonging to a particular caste specialized in astrological analysis, realized its significance and spontaneously bought these leaves and subsequently earned their livelihood through such Nadi readings.

Gradually it became a traditional and hereditary profession or occupation for many who adopted such a career. Such palm leaves were thus auctioned from the British by the forefathers of Sri: Agasthiyar Durai Subburathnam, and C Balakrishnan who were residing in Vaitheshwaran temple and in adjacent places of the very temple as a group and involved dedicatedly since the hundred years in the same field. Henceforth, such leaves were passed on to their generations, respectively. Hence, his ancestors together with him to present days proved to be imminent, ardent, sincere astrologers since 80 years approximately for three generations serving the public to restore more of peace, good health, prosperity and universal integration.-

Answer 2

I do not know if there is website on Nadi Jyotisham. I have read long time ago that Sri K.M.Munshi the founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan had visited one of them in Ramil Nad, and he was quite impressed. Some people are very sceptical though because they think that there is no rational basis for Nadi Jyotisham.

There appear to be some other places too where this type of readings is practised{ probably, somewhere inBenares,} but I am not sure about it.

Answer 3

Good question I too want answer for this.

Answer 4

Tell me where they are when you get to know.
Till then,
good bye!