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[[File:Gnanalaya.jpg|thumb|Gnanalaya Research Library]]<br />
'''Gnanalaya''' ({{lang-ta|ஞானாலயா or ஞானாலயா ஆய்வு நூலகம்}}) is one of India's largest private libraries with rare first edition books,<ref name=hindu> [http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-book-collector/article4422150.ece The book collector, The Hindu, 17.2.2013]</ref> founded by [[B. Krishnamurthy]] and his wife Dorothy.<ref name="hindu1"> [http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/bonding-with-books/article819772.ece Bonding with books, The Hindu, Metroplus, Trichy, 9.10.2010] </ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
The library is situated at Palaniappa Nagar, Thirukkokarnam in [[Pudukottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It has been built at a height of 14 feet with windows at nine feet to let natural light and air work wonders.<ref name="hindu1"/><br />
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==Collection==<br />
Having more than 15,000 titles in English and 70,000 titles in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] it has a large collection of rare first editions of Tamil books<ref name="hindu"/> and had selected treasures. This library was instrumental in reviving old and out of print, resulting in more than 3000 books being reprinted.<ref name="hindu1"/><br />
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==Selected First Editions==<br />
* [[Veeramamunivar]]'s 'Sathur Agarathy' (1842)<br />
* [[French language|French]]-Tamil Dictionary (1855)<br />
* Tamil-Latin dictionary (1867)<br />
* Standard edition of the [[Thiruvarutpa]] (1887)<br />
* [[Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai|Vedanayagam Pillai]]'s first novel '[[Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram]]'<br />
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==Other selected treasures==<br />
* Letters of [[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]]<br />
* [[Subramania Bharati|Bharathiyar's]] daughter Thangammal Bharathi's first editions of Bharathi and [[Bharathidasan]]<br />
* Revolutionary magazines 'Kudiarasu', 'Viduthalai'<br />
* [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi's]] 'Harijan'<br />
* Back issues of '[[Reader's Digest]]' from the first Indian edition<br />
* Tamil literary magazines from 1920 to 2010.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.gnanalaya-tamil.com/ Gnanalaya Research Library, Pudukottai, in Tamil]<br />
*[http://www.dlir.org/component/lalorcsurvey/?view=record&layout=partial&key=b7942173642e92ef1e1b18b64881b53e Gnanalaya - Digital Library for International Research (DLIR)]<br />
*[http://gnanalaya.blogspot.in/ Gnanalaya Research Library, in Tamil]<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/stalin-donates-370-books/article17741834.ece Stalin donates 370 books, The Hindu, Trichy, 30 March 2017]<br />
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