Authentic interview from the palm leaf library - part 1

In March 2016, we visited an Indian palm leaf library and made an authentic interview with a naadi reader.

The interview takes place directly in the library located in the town of Chidambaram in the state of Tamil Nadu and is divided into two parts due to its length. Our prepared questions are answered by the professional naadi reader Guruji Jayaraj. His assistant Shyam translates the answers from Tamil into English.

We asked Guruji Jayaraj many questions, including personal ones, because Guruji Jayaraj comes from a traditional family of naadi readers and inherited this sacred craft from his ancestors.

We also asked, for example, how long a naadi reader actually studies before being able to provide services to the public, how palm leaf libraries function specifically, how to distinguish a high-quality library and reader from a poor one, what palm leaves can offer a person, and what the individual chapters focus on… all of this and much more is featured in the interview.