With Ram Temple inauguration, certainly it has transformed the lives for many!

It’s the story of a journey — from the risk of extinction to unprecedented expansion. Gorakhpur-based Gita Press, which stood on the brink of closure nine years ago, is now out of stock of its popular edition of Ramcharitmanas; in fact, most of its publications on Hindu scriptures and deities are running out. It has now uploaded Ramcharitmanas on its website for downloads for the next 15 days.



In fact, most of its publications dealing with Hindu scriptures and deities are running out ahead of the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.

The iconic institution, which has been credited by many as protecting and sustaining the Hindu faith at a time when it was being disparaged by the colonial regime and aggressive proselytisers by churning out its low-priced publications, has not been able to meet the mammoth number of print orders in the run-up to the consecration, and has uploaded the entire Ramcharitmanas on its website for downloads for the next 15 days to help Shri Ram devotees perform the rituals they have planned ahead of and on the day of the ceremony.

The surge in demand has led those running the Press, whose importance was acknowledged by the Modi government last year by conferring the Gandhi Peace Prize on it, to seriously consider expansion of its facility to cope with the demand, with there being sufficient pointers that the religious groundswell is not going to go away anytime soon.

“Since last month, we have managed to supply 1 lakh copies, but are nowhere near meeting the demand which keeps swelling across the country. Recently, we received a demand from Jaipur for 50,000 Ramcharitmanas copies and a demand for 10,000 copies came from Bhagalpur, which we had to regretfully decline,”says Lalmani Tripathi, manager of the publishing house, as reported by TOI.