Gita Press

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{{Infobox publisher
| name = Gita Press
| image =Gita Press logo.png
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| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1923|4|29}}<br/>in [[Gorakhpur]], [[India]]
| founder = Jay Dayal Goyanka
Ghanshyam Das Jalan
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| country = [[India]]
| headquarters = [[Gorakhpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| distribution = [[World|Worldwide]]
| keypeople =
| publications = ''Hindu Religious Books and Kalyan Masik''
| topics = Sanatana Dharma or [[Hinduism]]
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| numemployees = 350
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| url = *{{url|https://www.gitapress.org/}}(Official website)
*{{url|https://gitapressbookshop.in/}}(Online store)
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'''Gita Press''' is the world's largest publisher of [[Hinduism#Scriptures|Hindu religious texts]].<ref name=EB>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1547777/Gita-Press Encyclopædia Britannica].</ref> It is located in [[Gorakhpur]] city of India's [[Uttar Pradesh]] state. It was founded in 1923 by '''Jaya Dayal Goyanka''' and '''Ghanshyam Das Jalan''' for promoting the principles of ''[[Sanatana Dharma]]''. [[Hanuman Prasad Poddar]] better known as '''"Bhaiji"''' was the founding and the lifetime editor of its noted magazine who also wrote articles with his pen name "SHIV", ''Kalyan''.<ref>[http://www.gandhibalniketan.com/visitor/visitor.htm Hanuman Prasad Poddar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211140959/http://www.gandhibalniketan.com/visitor/visitor.htm |date=2010-02-11 }}</ref> It started publishing in 1927, with a circulation of 1,600 copies and at present its print order had reached 250,000 (in 2012). The Gita Press archives contain over 3,500 manuscripts including over 100 interpretations of the [[Bhagwad Gita]].<ref name=IT>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=33&task=view&id=2736&Itemid=1 Holy word] [[India Today]], 20 December 2007.</ref>

Seth Jaya Dayal Goyanka, Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar and Shri Ghanshyam Das Jalan, Gita preachers set up the Gita Press on 29 April 1923, as a unit of Gobind Bhawan Karyalaya registered under the [[Societies Registration Act, 1860]] (presently governed by the West Bengal Societies Act, 1960). Five months later it acquired its first printing machine for Rs 600. Since its establishment, the Gita Press has published approximately 410 million copies of the Gita (in different editions) and 70.0 million copies of the ''[[Ramcharitamanas]]'', at subsidized prices.<ref name=IT/> Gita Press has completed its hundred years this year. President Ram nath Kovind has started its centenary celebrations on 4th May 2022.
[[File:Gita Press, Gorakhpur.gif|210px|right|thumb|Gita Press Gate, with its pillars inspired from the cave temples of [[Ellora]], the [[gopuram]], by [[Meenakshi temple]], [[Madurai]]]]

It temporarily shut down in December 2014 over wage issues,
Gi<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/historic-geeta-press-shuts-down-indefinitely/articleshow/45536129.cms Historic Geeta Press shuts down indefinitely]</ref> but work resumed a few days later.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Work-resumes-at-Gita-Press/articleshow/45553735.cms | title=Work resumes at Gita Press | date=17 December 2014 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

==Publications==
===Magazines===
*''Kalyan'' (in [[Hindi]]) is a monthly magazine being published since 1927. It has articles devoted to various religious topics promoting uplifting thought and good deeds. Writings by Indian saints and scholars are regularly published in the magazine.
*''Kalyana-Kalpataru'' (in English) is also a monthly and has been published since 1934. Its contents are similar to Kalyan.
Neither of these magazines runs any advertisements.
*[https://gitapress.org/product-category/subscription/ Online Kalyana and Kalyana-Kalptaru Subscription]
[[File:Gita Press Gorakhpur outlet at Kanpur Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Gita Press Gorakhpur outlet at [[Kanpur]] Railway Station]]

===Religious texts===
These texts are published in [[Sanskrit]], Hindi, Marathi, English, [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]] and other languages of India.
*''Shrimad [[Bhagvad Gita]]'' (several formats)
*The ''[[Mahabharata]]''
*''Shri [[Ramcharitmanas]]'' by [[Tulsidas]] (several formats), Telugu version (2002)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/br/2002/05/21/stories/2002052100120303.htm | title=Thulasidas Ramayana | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 May 2002 | accessdate=5 July 2018 }}</ref>
*Other works by Tulsidas
*''Valmiki [[Ramayana]]'' (several formats)
*Scriptures (''[[Puranas]], [[Upanishads]]'' and others)
*Works by ''[[Soordas]]''
*Books by Swami Ramsukhdas
*Books by Hanuman Prasad Poddar
*Books by Jaydayal Goyandaka

=== Other publications ===
*''Bhakta-Gathas'' and ''[[Bhajans]]''
*Small books geared towards children

== Branches ==
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Gita Press has the branches and stalls in following locations. Most of the stalls are operated in railway platforms except Churu and Nadiyad. Churu has a stall near Rishikul Brahmacharyashram vedic school and Nadiyad has a stall near Santram Temple.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Branches !! State !! Address !! Stall Operations
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| [[Ayodhya]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 24/2/10, Chowk Ayodhya Road, Sai Nagar, Chowk Ayodhya Road, Sai Nagar, Ayodhya – 224123 || NIL
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| [[Bengaluru]] || [[Karnataka]] || 7/3, 2nd Cross, Lalbagh Road, Bangalore – 560027 || Bangalore, Yashwantpur, SSPN, Hubli
|-
| [[Coimbatore]] || [[Tamil Nadu]] || Gita Press Mansion 8/1 M, Racecourse, Coimbatore – 641018 || NIL
|-
| [[Bhilwara]] || [[Rajasthan]] || G-7, Aakar Tower, C Block, Opp. Harsh Palace, Gandhi Nagar, Bhilwara – 311001 || NIL
|-
| [[Cuttack]] || [[Odisha]] || Bharatiya Towers, Badam Badi, Cuttack – 753009 || Cuttack, Bhubanshwar
|-
| [[Delhi]] || [[Delhi Union Territory|Delhi]] || 2609, Nayi Sarak, Delhi – 110006 || Delhi, Nijamuddin, New Delhi, Bikaner, Churu
|-
| [[Rishikesh]] || [[Uttarakhand]] || Gita Bhavan, P.O. Swargashram, Rishikesh – 249304 || NIL
|-
| [[Haridwar]] || [[Uttarakhand]] || Sabjimandi, Motibazar, Haridwar – 249401 || Haridwar
|-
| [[Hyderabad]] || [[Telangana]] || 41, 4-4-1, Dilshad Plaza, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad – 500095 || Secunderabad, Vijaywada
|-
| [[Indore]] || [[Madhya Pradesh]] || G-5, Shree Vardhan, 4 R.N.T. Marg, Indore – 452001 || Indore
|-
| [[Jalgaon]] || [[Maharashtra]] || 7, Bhim Singh Market, Near Railway Station, Jalgaon – 425001 || Aurangabad
|-
| [[Kanpur]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 24/55, Birhana Road, Kanpur – 208001 || Kanpur, Lucknow, Kota
|-
| [[Kolkata]] || [[West Bengal]] || 151, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata – 700007 || Kolkata, Sealdah, Howrah, Dhanbad, Kharagpur
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| [[Mumbai]] || [[Maharashtra]] || 282, Samaldas Gandhi Marg (Princess Street), Near Marine Lines Station, Mumbai – 400002 || NIL
|-
| [[Nagpur]] || [[Maharashtra]] || Shriji Kripa Complex, 851, New Etawari Road, Nagpur – 440002 || Gondia
|-
| [[Patna]] || [[Bihar]] || Ashok Rajpath, Opposite Women's Hospital, Patna – 800004 || Patna
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| [[Pune]] || [[Maharashtra]] || Shop No. 3, Ruchi Apartment, Near Sai Service Station, Pulachiwadi, JM Road, Pune – 411004 || NIL
|-
| [[Raipur]] || [[Chhattisgarh]] || Mittal Complex, Ganjpara, Telghani Chowk, Raipur – 492009 || Raipur
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| [[Ranchi]] || [[Jharkhand]] || Cart Sarai Road, Upper Bazar, First Floor Birla Gaddi, Ranchi – 834001 || Ranchi
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| [[Surat]] || [[Gujarat]] || Vaibhav Apartment, Opposite Nutan Niwas, Bhatar Road, Surat – 395001 || Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Nadiyad
|-
| [[Varanasi]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 59/9, Nichibag, Varanasi – 221001 || Mughal Sarai
|-
| [[Chennai]] || [[Tamil Nadu]] || Electro House No. 23, Ramnathan Street, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600010 ||NIL
|-
| [[Gorakhpur]] || [[Uttar Pradesh]] || Gita Press, P.O. Gita Press, Gorakhpur – 273005 || Chapra, Siwan, Muzaffapur, Gorakhpur, Gondia, Jabalpur, Samastipur
|}

==Gita Press Art Gallery (''Lila chitra mandir'')==
[[File:An Outlet of Gita Press, Gorakhpur, a religious publisher, Muni Ki Reti.jpg|right|thumb|Gita Press outlet, Gita Bhavan, [[Muni Ki Reti]].]]
The Art Gallery has the ''lilas'' (works or plays) of ''Shri [[Rama]]'' and ''Shri [[Krishna]]'' portrayed in 684 paintings by famed artists of the past and present. Other paintings, including Mewari style paintings of the ''Shri Krishna Lila'' are also on exhibit. The entire 700 verses of the ''Bhagvad Gita'' are displayed on marble plaques affixed to the walls.

==Affiliated organizations==
The Gita Press is part of the Govind Bhawan Karyalaya, [[Kolkata]].

Other affiliated institutions are:
*''Gita Bhavan'', [[Muni Ki Reti]], [[Rishikesh]]
*''Rishikul-Brahmacharya Ashram'' (Vedic school), [[Churu, Rajasthan]].
*''Ayurved Sansthan'' (producer of Ayurvedic medicines), Rishikesh.
*''Gita Press Seva Dal'' (relief organization for natural calamities).
*''Hasta Nirmit Vastra Vibhag'' (producer of handloom made clothes).
*''Bhartiya Gramodyog Vastra Bhandar'' (first retailer of Gita Press in Mumbai).

==See also==
*[[Hanuman Prasad Poddar]]
*[[Sri Venkateswar Steam Press]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[https://book.gitapress.org/ Official Book Store Of Gita Press Gorakhpur.]
*[http://gitapressbookshop.in/ Gita Press Online Store]
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