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Mangalam Publications Private Limited, is a publishing company in Kottayam
, Kerala
in India
. It publishes daily newspaper
and weekly magazines such as Mangalam Weekly
and Cinema Mangalam
in Malayalam language
.
Kottayam district
Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The district has its headquarters at Kottayam town, located at 9.36° N and 76.17° E. According to the 1991 census, it is the first district to achieve highest literacy rate in the whole of India...
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It publishes daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
and weekly magazines such as Mangalam Weekly
Mangalam Weekly
Mangalam is a weekly magazine started by the late M.C. Varghese and now published by Mangalam Publications, Kottayam, Kerala, India. It has a circulation exceeding 1.5 million readers, and publishes a special international edition for non-residents....
and Cinema Mangalam
Cinema Mangalam
Cinema Mangalam is an Indian, Malayalam weekly magazine, published by Mangalam Publications. It gives stories, news and flash-backs of the events in the cinema field....
in Malayalam language
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
.
History
The company founded by late M.C. Varghese in 1969, as a monthly journal, with a meager circulation of 250 copies, later became a weekly.Other establishments
- Mangalam Hospitals (P) Limited
- Mangalam Diagnostic Research Centre
- Mangalam Confectionery (P) Limited
- Mangalam Homes and Resorts Private Limited
- Mangalam residential high school
- Mangalam Engineering & BEd college