CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Envisaged as the Hindu equivalent of a Christian Bible society, Gita Press was established on April 29, 1923, in the town of Gorakhpur by altruistic businessmen under the direction of Jayadayal Goyandka (1885–1965), who was joined several years later by Hanumanprasad Poddar (1892–1971).

Detailed explanation-2: -Hanuman Prasad Poddar better known as “Bhaiji” was the founding and the lifetime editor of its noted magazine who also wrote articles with his pen name “SHIV", Kalyan. It started publishing in 1927, with a circulation of 1, 600 copies and at present its print order had reached 250, 000 (in 2012).

Detailed explanation-3: -Hinduism | Book by Klaus K. Klostermaier | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Indian tradition, the Bhagavad Gita, as well as the epic Mahabharata of which it is a part, is attributed to the sage Vyasa, whose full name was Krishna Dvaipayana, also called Veda-Vyasa.