Ramakrishna Vivekananda literature worth more than Rs 1 cr sold at KIBF

Kolkata, Feb. 12 -- Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Vedanta literature worth more than Rs one crore was sold in the recently concluded 49th edition of Kolkata International Book Fair (KIBF).

This clearly shows that the popularity of the philosophy of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Vedanta is fast growing among the youths, who constituted the majority of the visitors at the KIBF, Ramakrishna Mission sources said.

The Ramakrishna Mission centres, which publish books, including the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Advaita Ashrama, Udbodhan, Saradapith, had stalls at the KIBF.

The stall of Udbodhan, the Bengali publishing house of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, was designed after Nahabat of Dakshineswar, whe...