Back গীতা প্ৰেছ Assamese गीताप्रेस Bihari গীতা প্রেস Bengali/Bangla ગીતા પ્રેસ Gujarati गीताप्रेस Hindi गीताप्रेस MAI ഗീത പ്രസ് Malayalam गीता प्रेस Marathi गीताप्रेस, गोरखपुर Nepali ଗୀତା ପ୍ରେସ , ଗୋରଖପୁର OR
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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | May 3, 1923 |
| Founder | Jay Dayal Goyanka Ghanshyam Das Jalan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Headquarters location | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Publication types | Hindu Religious Books and Kalyan Masik |
| Nonfiction topics | Hinduism |
| No. of employees | 350 |
| Official website | www.gitapress.org |
Gita Press is an Indian books publishing company, headquartered in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and considered to be the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts. It was founded in 1923 by Jaya Dayal Goyanka, Hanuman Prasad Poddar, and Ghanshyam Das Jalan with the intention to make sacred texts easily accessible to the general public.
Publication began in 1927 with a monthly Hindi magazine titled Kalyan. Since its establishment, the Gita Press has published over 417 million books in 14 different languages. Gita Press was conferred with the Gandhi Peace Prize of 2021, by the Government of India.[1]
- ^ "Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 to be conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 18 June 2023.