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Man sells house, opens free for all library with 20 lakh books
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on 14 Sep 2025,Sunday
Anke Gowda, from Harelahalli village in Karnataka, has spent over 50 years building one of the largest private collections of books in India. The 75-year-old sold his house to build a library which consists of nearly 20 lakh books including rare foreign titles and over 5,000 multilingual dictionaries. His library, Book Maane, is open to everyone- without membership or fees.
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / 06:39 pm on 14 Sep
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