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Daniel RidayA maze of books
This is one of the world’s largest private book collections, known as Anke Gowda Jnana Prathistana, or “Knowledge Shrine”, in the village of Kennalu, near Mysore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It’s thought to be home to more than 1.5 million books. They’re written in 22 Indian languages, as well as foreign languages. Its founder is 76-year-old Anke Gowda, a former bus ticket collector and sugar factory worker with no formal training in library science. Photojournalist Abhishek Chinnapa recently visited the collection, and found the experience moving. “There is joy in discovering long-sought titles tucked away among the dusty shelves or stumbling upon a rare first edition from the 1800s.” However, there is a sadness there too. “The library, still a labyrinth of knowledge and curiosity, has begun to bear the weight of time.”
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Members of Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-11 crew prepared for their journey to space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US, on 31 July. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on 1 August and the crew arrived safely at the International Space Station a day later. Watch the rocket leaving its launchpad.
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