A rare 233-year-old Sanskrit manuscript of Valmiki`s Ramayana has been gifted to the Ram Katha museum in Ayodhya, the Culture Ministry said on Tuesday, January 20..

In a landmark cultural handover, Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, presented the manuscript of the Valmikiramayanam (with the Tattvadipikatika) to Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council of Prime Ministers Museum and Library, it said.