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| | Zee News - English version of 'Gita Govinda' released (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | New Delhi, Jan 27: A new English version of the famous epic 'Gita Govinda' written by Bhakti poet Jayadev was brought out by the publications division of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry here. |
 | | The book, 'The Gita Govinda of Sri Jayadev', written by P C Tripathy and A K Tripathy, who is also Development Commissioner with the Orissa government, was released by Sudha Gopalakrishnan, director of the National Manuscript Mission, a release said. |
 | | In his address, BJP MP Prasanna Kumar Patasani described the greatness of the epic and the philosophy contained in it while O P Kejriwal, member of the Central Information Commission referred to the first translation into English of the epic by William Jones, who later went on to found the Asiatic Society. |
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