Bharatavani is a project with an objective of delivering knowledge in and about all the languages in India using multimedia (i.e., text, audio, video, images) formats through a portal (website)

Useful Websites

The Central Government, State Governments & many other institutions/organizations & individuals have come out with their own versions of open knowledge websites / sections. Bharatavani provides you an indicative list of such resources. For more information on content copyright, legislation and protection issues, kindly refer to the concerned organisation's terms & conditions. Please feel free to send us any such useful links.

1. National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER): http://nroer.gov.in
2. Textbooks for (free and/or paid): https://www.ebasta.in
3. Research papers: http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
4. Research papers: :http://dspace.nitrkl.ac.in/dspace
5. Research papers: : http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/dspace
6. Research papers: : http://iisc.ernet.in
7. Research papers: http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest
8. Research papers: http://www.library.iitb.ac.in
9. Science papers and catalogues: http://kblibrary.bih.nic.in
10. Science Communication: http://www.niscair.res.in
11. Multilingual information portal by CDAC: http://vikaspedia.in
12. Tamil Virtual Academy: http://tamilvu.org
13. National Book trust: http://www.nbtindia.gov.in
14. Kannada Online Jnanakosha : www.kanaja.in
15. Indian Language Wordnet: http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/indowordnet
16. Indian Language Wordnet:http://tdil-dc.in/index.php?option=com_download&task=fsearch&lang=en
17. National Manuscripts Mission: http://www.namami.org
18. National Digital Library: http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/ OR http://deity.gov.in/content/national-digital-library
19. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library: http://www.tkdl.res.in
20. Science books and Multimedia: http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/digilib
21. Knowledge Resources at IGNCA: http://www.ignca.gov.in/dlrich
22. IT learning lessons in major languages: http://www.nielit.gov.in/elearning.aspx
23. Knowledge Repository by CSIR: http://csirexplorations.com
24. RareKannada books published in previous century: http://kannadasahithyaparishattu.in/?page_id=101605
25. Free online Tulu dictionary: http://www.tuluworld.org/dictionary/cgi-bin/web/html/introduction.html
26. Publications by Centre for Environment Education: http://www.ceeindia.org/cee/publications.html
27. Collection of Indian PhD Thesis: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ (For a language wise integrated list of Research Papers, Click here)
28. Free online Kannada Dictionaries: http://www.baraha.com/kannada/index.php
29. Data about Manuscripts in India: http://www.namami.org/digitization.pdf
30. Language IT tools for citizen: http://www.localisation.gov.in/index.php/article-category/citizen
31. Repository from multiple subject domains like Technology, Science, Humanities, Agriculture and others: http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
32. E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Management and Humanities: https://nptel.ac.in
33. Linguistic Survey of India by Census Department: https://goo.gl/8Ja0gF
34. Online Audio Library for the Visually Challenged: http://www.braillecards.org/audio.php
35. Books on learning Kannada: http://www.kannada-praadhikaara.gov.in/kali.asp
36. E-TextBooks by National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT): http://ncert.nic.in/ebooks.html
37. Karnataka Textbook Society's (KTBS) textbooks for Karnataka State: https://goo.gl/dR0Ka5
38. Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System: http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/
39. Textbooks by Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production & Curriculum Research: http://cart.ebalbharati.in/BalBooks/ebook.aspx
40. Publications by Maharashtra State Board for Literature and Culture: http://msblc.maharashtra.gov.in
41. Free DTH channel for education: https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/
42. Free online education initiative by MHRD: https://swayam.gov.in/
43. e-Pathshala- An online learning initiative by NCERT: http://epathshala.nic.in/
44. National Institute of Open Schooling (The largest open schooling system in the world): http://www.nios.ac.in/
45. Textbooks by Department of School Education, Government of West Bengal: http://www.wbsed.gov.in/wbsed/etextbook.php
46. Web portal for downloading free Telugu and Sanskrit books: http://www.teluguthesis.com/
47. Kannada Language Technology Research and Study Forum: https://sanchaya.org/
48. Website of the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada: http://shastriyakannada.org
49. Searchable e-dictionary in Assamese-Assamese: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/candrakanta/
50. E-books from Punjab School Education(Class I-XII): http://www.pseb.ac.in/ebooks
51. Resources to learn Malayalam online: http://www.learn-malayalam.com/index.html
52. Free Malayalam books on various literary domains: http://www.malayalamebooks.org/
53. Malayalam books available on archive.org: http://keralasahityaakademi.org/online_library/m-a.html
54. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/grierson/
55. A portal for Santals Religion & Social Systems: http://wesanthals.tripod.com/id35.html
56. World’s first Encyclopedia of Telugu: http://www.teluguwebsite.com/
57. Online dictionary English-Tamil: http://www.tamildict.com/english.php
58. Sikh encyclopedia: https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/
59. Online Konkani language resources & Dictionary: http://www.savemylanguage.org/
60. Kokborok Learning material: http://ttaadc.gov.in/learn-kokborok
61. Kerala State Textbooks: http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=76
62. Linguistic Survey of India by Census Department: http://lsi.gov.in/MTSI_APP/(S(lmtlkrzexjqmoz55byg50i55))/default.aspx
63. Repository from multiple subject domains like Technology, Science, Humanities, Agriculture and others: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
64. Ethnologicial Information on the Karbis: http://msblc.maharashtra.gov.in/contact.html
65. Contemporary Nepali dictionary: http://www.nepalisabdakos.com/
66. Publications by Centre for Environment Education: http://www.ceeindia.org/cee/publications.html
67. Punjabi English dictionary by Research Centre for Punjabi Language Technology: http://dic.learnpunjabi.org/
68. Copyright free rare books available in the digital repository of West Bengal Public Library Network:
  http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/
69. English Nepali Bilingual Dictionary: http://shabdakosh.com.np/
70. A portal for Santals Religion & Social Systems: http://wesanthals.tripod.com/id35.html
71. Konkani Encyclopedia(4 volumes)-A project by Goa University:
  https://archive.org/details/KONKANIENCYCLOPEDIAALLFOURVOLUMESINONEDEVANAGARISCRIPTAPROJECTOFGOAUNIVERSITY
72. Maithili-English Dictionary by Maharajadhiraj Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation: http://www.ignca.nic.in/coilnet/kalyani.htm
73. Telugu Dictionaries:
74. Online Multilingual Dictionary: http://www.shabdkosh.com/, https://glosbe.com/, www.xobdo.org/
75. Urdu Dictionaries:
76. Gujarati Dictionary: http://www.lexilogos.com/english/gujarati_dictionary.htm
77. Marathi Dictionary:
78. Online Konkani dictionary by Mandd Sobhann: http://www.konkanidictionary.com/search.asp
79. Online Sanskrit Dictionaries & Utilities: http://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/
80. World Public library: http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/santali_language
81. Santali English online Talking dictionary: http://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/santali/
82. English Santali Dictionary: https://glosbe.com/en/sat/
83. Hinkhoj-Online Dictionary & Mobile App (Hindi-English & English-Hindi): http://hinkhoj.com/
84. Spoken Sanskrit dictionary: http://spokensanskrit.de/
85. Online Sanskrit Dictionaries & Utilities: http://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/
86. English Nepali Dictionary: https://www.englishnepalidictionary.com/
87. Odia-English & English-Odia dictionaries:
  - http://www.khandbahale.com/oriya.php
  - http://oriyadictionary.sourceforge.net/index.php?act=sm
  - http://dictionary.tamilcube.com/oriya-dictionary.aspx
  - http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/Indo,045Iranian/Oriya/
88. Sanskrit Dictionary: http://sanskritdictionary.com/
89. English Bangla dictionary: http://www.english-bangla.com/
90. Biographical Memoirs of Indian scientists by Indian National Science Academy: http://www.insaindia.res.in/bm.php
91. Kannada Development Authority: http://www.kannada-praadhikaara.gov.in/kali.asp
92. Reserve Bank of India- Banking Glossary: https://shabdavali.rbi.org.in/
93. Textbooks published by Madhya Pradesh Government: http://educationportal.mp.gov.in/Public/TextBooks/View_TextBooks.aspx
94. Gujarati lexicon: http://www.gujaratilexicon.com/
95. Online Bengali Dictionary: http://www.ovidhan.org/
96. Publications by Punjab Biodiversity Board: http://www.pbb.gov.in/index.php?pageP
97. Bilingual Lexicons in 21 tribal languages of Odisha: http://www.sdcodisha.in/index.php/activities/language-lexicons#bilingual
98. Trilingual Lexicons in 21 tribal languages of Odisha: http://www.sdcodisha.in/index.php/activities/language-lexicons#trilingual
99. Online Knowledge Resources on Vedic Heritage by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India: http://vedicheritage.gov.in
100. Maithili Sahitya Sansthan: https://www.maithilisahityasansthan.org