Gita Press – The 100 years Story of Hindu text Publishing Giant
Gita Press, which was awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for its commitment to social, economic, and political transformation through nonviolent and other Gandhian techniques, was founded on April 29, 1923, in a house in Gorakhpur for a monthly rent of ten rupees.
After more than a century in the Hindi Bazar region of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, the Gita Press, the world's largest printer of Hindu sacred literature, currently occupies an area of around two lakh square feet. It currently publishes 1,850 types of books in 15 languages, and has so far published 930 million volumes that include its monthly magazine, 'Kalyan'.
It currently has 20 branches in India, one in Kathmandu (Nepal), and 48 railway stalls throughout the country. The organisation is comprised of over 2,500 book...