Pantal Mana is the Vaidikan family of the Iriññālakkuṭa grāma, whose members are renowned experts in the Vedic rituals’ procedure. It bears mentioning that there are only six families of the Vaidikans in Kerala. The manuscript collection comprises mostly works pertaining to the subject of Vedic ritualism. As the conducted survey shows, these written artefacts appear to be unique and are not to be found anywhere else, since they record the sacrificial tradition particular to this Vaidikan lineage.

Palm leaf manuscripts, included in the collection, constitute the family property of the Pantal Mana. Part of the paper manuscripts was authored by the father of the current owner. The remaining paper manuscripts were collected by the current owner's father from different families, practicing Vedic śrauta ritual, like Taikkāṭṭŭ Mana and Kāpramāṛattŭ Mana.

DiPiKA is a collaboration between the Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam (Vedic Research Centre) in Thrissur, the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO, Paris and Pondicherry), the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML, Collegeville, Minnesota), and the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), University of Hamburg. The project is funded by Arcadia for a period of five years. The project aims at preserving the rich and highly endangered written cultural heritage of Kerala. It surveys and digitizes palm-leaf and paper manuscripts kept in private collections across the state. The digitized collections will be fed into a digital repository, thus forming an online archive of Kerala manuscripts that will be openly accessible. This will facilitate its use by scholars and private owners, thereby also fostering further local initiatives to safeguard historical written artifacts.