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Ernst Leuninger Library

Books, journals and a documentation center for scholars and researchers.

Ernst Leuninger Library

Established in the year 2002

Established in the Year 2002 this fledging library is stacked with more than 8,500 well selected books, and 1080 bound volumes of serious journals. Further, the Library actively subscribes to 54 reputed journals and magazines, and eight dailies.

The Documentation Center in the library has presently more than one hundred fifty thousand news clippings and scholarly articles on social themes.

The Library is named after late Prof. Dr. Ernst Leuninger, a disciplined and exemplary German Scholar, who was the Doktorvater (doctoral guide) of Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Savariaradimai who is also the Founder of PILLAR Center as well as this Library.

  • 8,500+Well selected books
  • 1,080Bound volumes of journals
  • 54Journals and magazines subscribed
  • 8Dailies
  • 1,50,000+News clippings and scholarly articles

We Invite scholars and researchers to visit our library and make use of the vast resources

OPAC & Brochure

Search the catalog or take the brochure with you

Reference Section

Focus areas, source books, encyclopaedias and dictionaries

Focus Areas

  • Religion / Politics
  • Tamil Language/Society
  • Communalism/ Hindutva/
  • Caste/Dalit Issues/human rights /Civil rights
  • Management & Entrepreneurship

Source Books

  • Periyar
  • Gandhi
  • Castes and Tribes
  • Mayilai Seeni Venkatasami
  • Abraham Pandithar
  • Ambedkar
  • Vivekananda
  • Peoples of India
  • Madras Secular Society
  • Tamilisai Kalanchiyam

Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries

  • Encyclopaedia of Human Rights5 Volumes
  • Collier’s Encyclopaedia24 Volumes
  • New Catholic Encyclopaedia15 Volumes
  • Theological Dictionary of Old Testament10 Volumes
  • Vazhviyal Kalanchiyam15 Volumes
  • Britannica Encyclopaedia32 Volumes
  • Encyclopaedia of Associations3 Volumes
  • The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity2 Volumes
  • Theological Dictionary of New Testament14 Volumes
  • Encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature3 Volumes

Documentation Center

News clippings and scholarly articles

The Documentation Center has presently more than 1,50,000 news clippings and scholarly articles on social themes. Documentation section studiously collects articles and news reports on various themes such as Religion, Society, Politics, Economy and current affairs from the journals, newspapers and other sources.

  • Religion
  • Society
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Current affairs

News Clippings

Facilities

Everything a reader needs

Spacious reading hall

Contact

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The Librarian

Pillar Campus,
Pillar Salai,
Nagamalai Pudukottai,
Madurai - 625 019.