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Kashmir: Bandipora village set to become country’s largest book village
If all goes as well, Aragam village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district is all set to become the country’s largest book village. Sarhad, a Pune-based non-government organisation, will be working on this in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir government.The NGO has submitted a proposal that has been discussed with the district administration to create a book village in Aragam village in collaboration with the J-K government.
Revealing why it has chosen the Aragam village, an NGO official stated that this village is located in the scenic region where the beauty of nature can bring solace to the visitors' minds and also help them become more creative and probe the fundamental questions of life.
He further added that there cannot be a place equal to Aragam in Kashmir and that it has a great potential to make a group and cultural village, where unparalleled natural beauty can inspire to probe into Kashmiri literature and rich history of Kashmir, besides witnessing an astounding culture.
This place, teeming with inspiration for art and literature-scenic beauty, the cultural, diverse natural trails for leisurely walks along with numerous places for trout fishing will offer people more options to explore while enjoying books.
Elaborating more on this, the NGO official added that the idea of the book village is not all new, and that this concept will turn this place into a unique destination where visitors can learn about ancient and modern literature, history of Kashmir, and also get introduced to its folk culture intimately.
The NGO further revealed that the visitors will find books almost everywhere and places to read at leisure.
In short, it will be a village where ancient manuscripts, paintings and artefacts from Kashmir will be on exhibition, while new and old books will be made available to read and contemplate. It will be a village where folk culture will also be showcased.
The library complex will have a main building that will house a huge library for regular use of litterateurs and community and will have books in six languages initially, including Urdu, English, Kashmiri, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali.
In short, it will be a village where ancient manuscripts, paintings and artefacts from Kashmir will be on exhibition, while new and old books will be made available to read and contemplate. It will be a village where folk culture will also be showcased.
The library complex will have a main building that will house a huge library for regular use of litterateurs and community and will have books in six languages initially, including Urdu, English, Kashmiri, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali.
Source: Times Travel
