RC Dhere was one of the great Marathi scholars with a prolific literary output. He wrote and edited more than 75 books on the saint literature, folk deities and gods, bhakti tradition, holy places, temples, folk literature and culture. Some of his famous books are History of the Natha Tradition, History of the Dutta Tradition, Muslim Marathi Saint Poets, Vitthala and Lajjagauri.

He left a library of more than 20,000 books, some of which are manuscripts and rare texts. Tattva Heritage Foundation is glad to commit a major part of the funding required to digitize some of these books and also convert his personal library into a public library. We strongly believe that every region, village and community is a repository of a vast mass of religious-cultural traditions that need to be documented and studied before they get washed away by the vast tide of modernity.