Jnana-Pravaha

Founded in 1997, Jnana-Pravaha is a charity based in Varanasi, India working on arts & culture, heritage, education.

Jnana-Pravaha is a non-profit cultural centre based in Varanasi, India, founded in 1997 by Smt. Bimla Poddar and Sri Suresh Neotia and registered as a trust on 26 June 1997. It promotes, supports and propagates Indian culture and runs the Jnana-Pravaha Museum, a Reference Library of Indological studies with rare manuscripts, and a Handicraft Atelier that works to preserve the traditional arts and crafts of Varanasi. It also confers stipends and scholarships to students doing research on Indian art and culture, and holds academic and cultural events, lectures and seminars. The organisation is exempt from income tax under Section 80G.