The world’s largest publisher of Hindu religious books, Gita Press in Gorakhpur holds the pride of place for publishing over 65 crore books from Mahabharata, Ramayana, Ram Charitmanas and Shrimad Bhagwad Gita to books on numerous fasts and rituals observed in Hindu homes since its inception in 1923 in more than 14 languages.
The management dismissed rumours by mischief mongers who claimed the press would shut down due to financial crisis. “It has come to our knowledge that some people with vested interests have spread such rumours to collect money in the name of saving Gita Press. We have cautioned people not to give any money as we do not accept any donations,” said Lal Mani, trustee.
Their web site www.gitapress.org gives a lot of information on their activities. One can even order and subscribe to their publications on the web site.
Read more of this in a report by Abdul Jadid published in Hindustan Times...
