Authentic copies of the "original" Nilavanti Granth are extremely rare, and many modern versions are considered fragments or unrelated spiritual texts. Physical Repositories Pandharpur Granth Bhandhar
According to folklore, the text was not written by human hand in the conventional sense but was transcribed from a dialogue between Nilavanti and a Siddha (a perfected being). The lore suggests that the original text was written on copper plates or leaves that were resistant to decay, hidden away in a secret location—often rumored to be a cave in the Himalayas or buried beneath an ancient temple—to protect its potent knowledge from misuse.