Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita breaks Kanada book sales record

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The state of Karnataka, of which Bangalore is the capital city, is one of the largest states in India with a population of some 50 million. The local language here is Kannada, which is one of the most wide-spread south Indian languages, with native speakers all over the world. We are pleased to report that the Kannada Bhagavad-gita As It Is (titled "Bhagavadgita Yatha Rupa") has broken all sales records for Kannada language books, having achieved sales of over 250,000 copies. Its nearest rival, a Kannada book tiltled "Badhukalu Kaliyeri" (Learn to Live) by Swami Jagatamananda of the Ramakrishna Matha comes second having sold only 75,000 copies. Srila Prabhupada's Gita was translated into Kannada by a noted Kannada writer and scholar, Professor L.S. Sheshagiri Rao.

 

Recently the 'Vijaya Karnataka', the largest circulated Kannada daily newspaper in the world published a report regarding Srila Prabhupada's record breaking feat: "Gita Revolution in Kaliyuga" It’s a Book revolution! The great epic 'Bhagavad-gita As It Is' written by Swami Prabhupada has recorded sales of more than 10 million all over the world. The book being originally written in English by the Swami has been translated into over 50 languages like French, Hebrew etc. and has attained world wide fame. The epic has been translated into a Kannada book by Prof LS Sheshagiri Rao and has sold 250,000 copies. In Kannada the book has seen 18 printings and has crossed the 250,000 mark recently and made it into the record books as the largest sold Kannada book in the non text book category." (Vijaya Karnataka 6/6/2002)