diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39f539e..bfdf83b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 lohit-marathi-2.4.3.tar.gz
+/lohit-marathi-2.5.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
deleted file mode 100644
index 72f1ff9..0000000
--- a/dead.package
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-- added lohit-devanagari-fonts package
-- this font will be used for all languages using devanagari script so orphaning lohit hindi, marathi, konkani, kashmiri, sindhi, nepali and maithili
diff --git a/lohit-marathi-fonts.spec b/lohit-marathi-fonts.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d11ad92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lohit-marathi-fonts.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+%global fontname lohit-marathi
+%global fontconf 65-0-%{fontname}.conf
+
+Name:           %{fontname}-fonts
+Version:        2.5.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Free Marathi font
+
+Group:          User Interface/X
+License:        OFL
+URL:            https://fedorahosted.org/lohit/
+Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/lohit/%{fontname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires: fontforge
+BuildRequires:  fontpackages-devel
+Requires:       fontpackages-filesystem
+
+%description
+This package provides a free Marathi truetype/opentype font.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{fontname}-%{version} 
+
+%build
+make
+
+%install
+
+install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{_fontdir}
+install -m 0644 -p *.ttf %{buildroot}%{_fontdir}
+
+install -m 0755 -d %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_templatedir} \
+                   %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_confdir}
+
+install -m 0644 -p %{fontconf} \
+        %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_templatedir}/%{fontconf}
+ln -s %{_fontconfig_templatedir}/%{fontconf} \
+      %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_confdir}/%{fontconf}
+
+
+%_font_pkg -f %{fontconf} *.ttf
+
+%doc ChangeLog OFL.txt COPYRIGHT AUTHORS README ChangeLog.old
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Apr 04 2012 Pravin Satpute <psatpute@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-1
+- first release after lohit-devanagari split into marathi specific shapes
diff --git a/sources b/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..501f226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f648fc6a4f11e022f7265caef62fa35c  lohit-marathi-2.5.1.tar.gz