HOW MANY OF U KNOW TODAY IS FOUNDERS DAY OF GITA PRESS GORAKHPUR ?
Today it completes 98 yrs
Let's look back to it's history
A 🧵 written a long ago by @BharadwajSpeaks
Gita Press was established in 1923 by JD Goyanka. Hanuman Prasad Poddar was its founding editor.
Bibles were flowing By contrast, except for a few Pandits who were specialists in the field, an ordinary Hindu did not have any printed copy of any of his books. Ordinary Hindu did not have any good knowledge of his own Dharma’s books.
The head Kathavachak of Gita Press was Kripashankar Ramayani. He used to tour village to village. Gather people around in the evening after work and recite the Ramcharitmanas
It was ASTOUNDING. As of 2014, they SOLD more than 72 million copies of Gita, 70 million copies of Ramcharitmanas and 19 million copies of Puranas.
What do we except from a highly successful publishing house?
A luxurious and posh building as its headquarters?
Why did Gita Press not publish anything about their editorial founder?
The answer lies in the Motto of Gita Press. Hanuman prasad Poddar used to say- “I never sanction self praise”
Gita Press shuns self praise and worship of Individuals”
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