Adyar Library
The Adyar Library and Research Centre ( Adyar Library and Research Centre ) is a company incorporated in 1886 by theosophist Henry Steel Olcott library. It is located on the grounds of the Theosophical Society Adyar ( Adyar -TG) in Adyar, a suburb of Chennai in India.
History
Henry Steel Olcott opened the Adyar Library on December 28, 1886. Olcott The small private collection, consisting of about 200 books in 24 languages , formed the basis of the then Library Olcott mentioned library. On his extended travels through East, Southeast and South Asia acquired Olcott in the following two decades, numerous, often rare works of Asian cultures, religions and philosophies. After Olcott's death in 1907 other Theosophists continued the construction work came to a number of donations to the Adyar Library and the Theosophical Society. Today, the library consists of approximately 250,000 volumes and 20,000 palm leaf writings. In the field of Oriental Studies, the Adyar Library is one of the most important libraries in the world. Naturally, also the topic of Theosophy is devoted considerable space.
Originally the headquarters of the Theosophical Society Adyar ( Adyar -TG) situated, the Adyar Library in 1966 in a private, Nilakanta of Sri Ram pulled constructed building, the The Adyar Library Building on the grounds of the Adyar -TG. A public museum old books and manuscripts are exhibited. The Adyar Library also serves as a postgraduate center for Sanskrit and Indian Studies from the University of Madras.
The library is in possession of the Adyar -TG and is funded by donations, most of the activities are performed by unpaid volunteers, usually members of the Adyar -TG. The University of Chicago is committed to conservation of old scripts in the Adyar Library by microfilming.