Gita Press website allows free download of Ramcharitmanas in 10 languages; How to download
The Ramcharitmanas can be downloaded from the Gita Press website in as many as ten different languages, including Hindi, English, Nepali and Telugu.
Ram Mandir consecration: In view of the increased demand for Ramcharitmanas ahead of the much-awaited Ram Temple dedication ceremony on January 22 in Ayodhya, Gita Press on Saturday announced that users can now read and download the holy book for free on its official website.
Citing limited physical space and increased demand, Gita Press manager Lalmani Tripathi said the Gorakhpur-based publisher has decided to allow users to download the book for free from its website.
“We are currently uploading the Ramcharitmanas on the Gita Press website. It can be downloaded for free from Tuesday. We will be offering this service for 15 days so that a maximum of 50,000 people can download,” Tripathi said.
If the demand increases, “we will scale up the traffic capacity, allowing up to 1 lakh people to download the Ramcharitmanas simultaneously,” he said, adding that this service can also be expanded.
The Ramcharitmanas can be downloaded from the Gita Press website in as many as ten different languages, including Hindi, English, Nepali and Telugu.
Here's how to download Ramcharitmanas from the Gita Press website:
- Visit the official Gita Press website (https://www.gitapress.org/)
- On the site's homepage, click on the Ramcharitmanas banner.
- Choose one of the 10 preferred language options and click on it.
- This will open the book in another tab in your web browser in the language you selected.
- Read the book online or click on the download option to download it in PDF format for offline reading.
'Increased demand, limited space'
Tripathi revealed that the publication has witnessed unprecedented demand for the Ramcharitmanas since the inauguration date of Ram Mandir was announced by the Ram Temple Trust in October last year.
However, the Gita Press is not equipped to meet such a huge demand for the book.
“Due to limited space, we are unable to meet the demand for printing and distributing the Ramcharitmanas,” Tripathi said.
“We do not have the willingness to suddenly print and supply copies of the Ramcharitmanas from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh. Since last month, we have managed to make available 1 lakh copies of the book,” he said.
Even after this, the demand is not being met, Tripathi said, adding that Gita Press does not have sufficient stock.
“In many places we have to humbly say that we have no stock. Recently we received a demand for 50,000 Ramcharitmanas from Jaipur and a demand for 10,000 from Bhagalpur, which unfortunately we had to decline. This is the scenario across the country,” the manager said.
Demand increased after the announcement of 'Pran Pratishtha'
Since the announcement of the date of “Pran Pratishtha” (initiation ceremony), there has been an increasing demand for the Ramcharitmanas and the pressure to supply the book has increased, he said.
People are so enthusiastic that they are considering widely distributing the Ramcharitmanas, the Sunderkand and the Hanuman Chalisa for recitation, Tripathi said.
He said that after the “Pran Pratishtha”, the demand for the book could increase further as people visiting Ayodhya after the ceremony “might think about taking the Ramcharitmanas home as 'prasad'”.
“Given that we publish books in 15 languages and have more than 2,500 book distributors affiliated with us, we must also consider their demands as their livelihood depends on it. We are exploring various options to expand our capacity to meet the increasing demand for books,” Tripathi said.
In comparison, by 2022, he said about 75,000 copies of the Ramcharitmanas had been printed and distributed. Since the announcement of the date of the “Pran Prathistha” at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the demand for the book has increased tremendously, he said.
Founded in 1923, the Gita Press is one of the largest publishers in the world and has published 95 crore books in 15 languages, according to manager Lalmani Tripathi. The Gorakhpur-based publisher, which received the Gandhi Peace Prize last year, has stores across the country.
(With input from agencies)