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On 22 June 2005, the 104th birth anniversary of my father, Ratnakar Hari Kelkar, and twenty years after his death, I had launched a web site www.bible-marathi.com on which his Greek-Marathi translation of the New Testament was placed in the public domain. This was a simple and an essentially static web site. For consulting just a couple of verses or reading a brief passage, an entire New Testament book had to be downloaded in pdf format. The text could not be copied easily. There was no guest-book or hit counter. The web site was hard to improve and manage. And since recently it had become very difficult even to open it.
On 22 June 2008, three years later, I decided to put the R H Kelkar Marathi New Testament on a new blog http://marathibible.wordpress.com and get all the extra advantages that the internet offers today. The Marathi Bible site has an all-new look now.
By March 2009, more than 350 passages from the R H Kelkar Marathi New Testament have been made available here for fast access as jpeg images. If you are looking for something particular, you can find it by clicking on ‘Search Text by Topic’. You can browse through the archived passages by clicking on the date in the calendar. Or you can select the passages from a list of ‘Categories’ like What Jesus Said, Paul’s Writings, Christian Living and so on. The ‘Parables of Jesus’ and the ‘Miracles of Jesus’ can be accessed through separate links. And there is a search box for more specific purposes.
If you would like to receive new Marathi Bible readings by email, please click on ‘Subscribe’ under Blogroll.
For those with a more scholarly interest, the R H Kelkar ‘Greek-Marathi Word-Book’ can be consulted on this site. And of course, you can ‘Download Marathi New Testament Books’ as 27 individual and complete pdf files They are also available on a parallel site http://navakarar.wordpress.com.
What’s more, the all-new Marathi Bible site has plenty of space for your comments for which you do not have to log in. You can freely express yourselves and share your feelings with others.
R. R. Kelkar
Pune, India
kelkar_rr@yahoo.com
Shanta said
Dear Ranjan Baba,
Thank you for sending us the new site for R.H Kelkar Marathi New Testament – I went through some of it – very impressive! I was thrilled to be able to read Marathi quite well to my astonishment! God is Great & we are ever thankful to Him for all His Blessings!
Shanta
Akhilesh Gupta said
Dear Dr Kelkar,
Though I don’t understand Marathi I can see the kind of hard work which must have gone into creating such things. What could be a better way of paying tributes to one’s father than this!
With best regards
Akhilesh
Yesudas said
Dear Dr Kelkar,
Im happy to see an translator for Indian Language, who was born in India.
I think you may be knowing, David (DFH) would have told about me to you.
I have developed Go Bible version of Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Catholic Tamil version. All these mobile bibles can be downloaded from http://www.ChristiansMobile.com for free of cost.
I would like to make Marathi Go Bible.
I already downloaded the corresponding fonts and pdf files.
I need one small help from you.
Im writing a mapping file to convert from subak font to unicode.
with the help of this mapping file the program can easily convert
any kind of font to unicode version.
I need you help in the characters of marathi language.
Can you help me, so that i can automate SUBAK TO UNICODE conversion for the use Go Bible?
Prof R R Kelkar said
Dear Mr Yesudas,
Thanks for your interest in the Marathi Bible. I shall get in touch with you on this subject directly by email.
R R Kelkar
Ulka said
Dear Daddy,
I really like the new look and colour scheme of this blog! It’s also nice to see the various subjects right on top of the home page – makes one want to explore each topic!
Love,
Ulka.
sushil deshpande said
I have come to Saudi for work, but with Marathi I feel I am in india
sunil chopde said
Respected Prof R R Kelkar,
I have just clicked on this website.It is very useful for person like me to read the Marathi BIBLE online. Thanks.
I really appreciate your efforts to launch this website.
I request you to send me the “NAVA KARAR” CD.
Sunil Nishikant Chopde
Prof R R Kelkar said
Dear Sunil,
Thanks for your interest in the Marathi Bible site. I will be sending you the Nava Karar CD very soon.
R R Kelkar
Pune