TRICHY: The idol wing CID of the Tamil Nadu police has traced to the King’s Collections in London a missing antique Bible translated into Tamil by Danish missionary Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg in 1715.
The copy of what is touted as the first Tamil translation of the Bible, which was reportedly stolen from Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur, has been traced by Idol Wing CID Police to London. The ...
The antiquarian Bible is suspected to have been stolen by a group of foreigners who visited the Saraswathi Mahal Library 17 years ago. CHENNAI: The world’s first-ever Tamil Bible printed around 300 ...