Dr.P.Jayaprakash Narayanan​

I was posted as Scrutinizing Medical officer (1/C) for 7 years in Directorate of Indian Medicine. Nearly 1084 manuscripts of Siddha and Ayurveda were dumped in a room with least care. When I first entered that room, tears started flowing from my eyes seeing the pathetic condition of such valuable treasure of Indian medicine (manuscripts). The very next day I placed a photo of saint Agasthiyar in that manuscript room and started praying for his divine guidance. Something guided me prompting me to take up the digitization of the manuscripts.

I am purely a Clinical person, with no knowledge about digitization. I officially represented for manuscripts digitization to the Director of Indian Medicines. I received a reply stating that the department had no funds allotted for manuscripts. Except for my divine guru, there was no one else to encourage me for the digitization initiative. This was a very expensive affair involving lakhs of rupees. 

After a few months, by the grace of saint Agasthiyar, Tamil Virtual Academy, a Department of Tamil Nadu came forward to digitize all the 1084 manuscripts at the cost of Rs.3 Lakhs. The project was totally free on our side and was completed in 2 years. Now all the 1084 manuscripts have been digitized and stored in a small hard disk for future generations. Thanks to saint Agasthiyar for this great miracle.