A 105-year-old Urdu copy of Shri Ramcharitmanas was discovered in a junk market in Hauz Khas, New Delhi. Three years ago, a pile of damaged books yielded a book penned by Shiv Brat Lal, a resident of Bhadohi district, in 1904 and afterward printed at Lahore's Half-Tone factory in 1910.
The Sankat Mochan temple priest family paid 600 rupees for the book.
The copy includes a 20-page prologue and four hand-drawn photographs, one of which includes images of Lord Ram, Sita, Laxman, and Hanuman, as well as Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh.
The Urdu copy of the book was discovered by the priest's family while hunting for an ancient manuscript of Sri Ramcharitmanas that had been taken from the Sankat Mochan temple at Tulsi Ghat, along with other valuable items related to Goswami Tulsidas. The text was stolen from the Sankat Mochan temple, and a team from the temple was hunting for it.
