Bharatpedia is a free multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteer contributors through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system. It carries no advertisements and is hosted by the Bharatmedia Foundation, a non-profit organization funded mainly through small donations. It was launched in August 2020, by a Mumbai-based couple and currently available in four languages.^[4]

Unlike traditional encyclopedias, Bharatpedia follows the procrastination principle regarding the security of its content.

It started almost entirely open—anyone could create articles, and any Bharatpedia article could be edited by any reader, even those who did not have a Bharatpedia account.

Modifications to all articles would be published immediately.

As a result, any article could contain inaccuracies such as errors, ideological biases, and nonsensical or irrelevant text.^[1]

According to the rules on the Bharatpedia, each entry in Bharatpedia must be about a topic that is encyclopedic and is not a dictionary entry or dictionary-style.

A topic should also meet Bharatpedia's standards of "notability", which generally means that the topic must have been covered in mainstream media or major academic journal sources that are independent of the article's subject.

Further, Bharatpedia intends to convey only knowledge that is already established and recognized.

It must not present original research.

A claim that is likely to be challenged requires a reference to a reliable source.

Among Bharatpedia editors, this is often phrased as "verifiability, not truth" to express the idea that the readers, not the encyclopedia, are ultimately responsible for checking the truthfulness of the articles and making their own interpretations.

This can at times lead to the removal of information that, though valid, is not properly sourced.

Finally, Bharatpedia must not take sides.

All opinions and viewpoints, if attributable to external sources, must enjoy an appropriate share of coverage within an article.

This is known as a "neutral point of view" (NPOV).^[2][3]