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Gnanalaya

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Gnanalaya Research Library
Gnanalaya Research Library
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LocationPudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Typeprivate library

Gnanalaya is one of India's largest private libraries with rare first edition books,[1] founded by B. Krishnamurthy and his wife Dorothy.[2]

Location

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The library is situated at Palaniappa Nagar, Thirukkokarnam in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India. It has been built at a height of 14 feet with windows at nine feet to let natural light and air work wonders.[2]

Collection

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Having more than 15,000 titles in English and 70,000 titles in Tamil it has a large collection of rare first editions of Tamil books[1] and had selected treasures. This library was instrumental in reviving old and out of print, resulting in more than 3000 books being reprinted.[2]

Selected First Editions

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Other selected treasures

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  • Letters of Rajaji
  • Bharathiyar's daughter Thangammal Bharathi's first editions of Bharathi and Bharathidasan
  • Revolutionary magazines 'Kudiarasu', 'Viduthalai'
  • Gandhi's 'Harijan'
  • Back issues of 'Reader's Digest' from the first Indian edition
  • Tamil literary magazines from 1920 to 2010.

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