New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India's knowledge tradition is rich as it is based on four major pillars: preservation, innovation, addition, and adaptation.

Prime Minister said this while launching the Gyan Bharatam Portal, a dedicated digital platform designed to accelerate manuscript digitisation, preservation, and public access, on the second day of the Gyan Bharatam International Conference being organised at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi with the theme, 'Reclaiming India's Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage'.

"Indian knowledge tradition is rich till date because it is based on 4 major pillars - preservation, innovation, addition and adaptation," PM Modi said.

The Prime Minister a...