Tigalari Script
On 15th June 2026, the Ministry of Ayush organised a capacity-building workshop on the transliteration of Ayurveda manuscripts written in Tigalari and Old Kannada scripts in Udupi (Karnataka) under the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
What is Tigalari?
- Brahmic Script: igalari is a Southern Brahmic script which was used to write Tulu, Kannada, and Sanskrit languages.
- Vedic Texts: It was primarily used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit.
- Evolution: It evolved from the Grantha script.
- Oldest Record: The oldest record of the usage of this script found in a stone inscription at the Sri Veeranarayana temple in Kulashekara here is ....

