Pune, June 20, 2001

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) launched the multimedia rendered CD Title of Dnyaneshwari, the most profound and illustrative commentary in Marathi by Sant Dnyaneshwar on the Bhagwad Gita at the International Workshop titled Achieving Connectivity for the Rural Poor in India at Vidya Pratishthan Institute of Information Technology (VIIT), Baramati, recently.

C-DAC has taken up the task of digitization and presentation of the Dnyaneshwari using multimedia technology, as part of its initiative in documenting and disseminating Indian Heritage, as part of the Digital Library project sponsored by the Department of Information Technology, Government of India.

C-DAC's National Multimedia Resource Centre (NMRC) has been engaged in the multimedia authoring, editing of musical recitation, text entry and integration of the contents of Dnyaneshwari for the last 2 years in collaboration with Yashodhan Publication, Pune. The first volume of the CD has been completed and includes 12 Chapters of the Dnyaneshwari and Bhagvad Gita. The CD includes translations and musical recitation with accurate pronunciations of Marathi and Sanskrit Verses by Sri Sakhare Maharaj. The textual presentation is made attractive by using specially designed Devnagari fonts. Additionally, three metaphors have been visualized and rendered in the CD. All the contents are presented with an attractive user interface, multiple bookmarks and annotations provided in the CD.

With a view to proliferate the use of multimedia to the masses, C-DAC has successfully developed a range of popular multilingual computing (GIST) and multimedia products over the years.

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