Pilgrims Publishing
| Founded | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ramanand "Rama" Tiwari |
| Country of origin | India |
| Headquarters location | B 27/98 A-8 Nawabganj Gali, Durgakund, Varanasi |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Nonfiction topics | Buddhism, Hinduism, Travel, Mountaineering, India, Nepal, Tibet, Languages |
| Official website | https://www.pilgrimsonlineshop.com |
Pilgrims Book House is a publishing and bookselling company founded in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984. It formerly published books under the Book Faith India imprint and now publishes under the Pilgrims Publishing imprint. Pilgrims Book House is currently headquartered in Varanasi, India.
Pilgrims Book House sells and publishes books in a number of South Asian and Western languages. Its areas of speciality include:
Pilgrims Book House was established by Puspa and Ramanand ("Rama") Tiwari in Kathmandu in 1984, succeeding the Tiwaris' earlier book business in Varanasi. In the year 1999 they started a branch in Varanasi, and in 2006 a second branch opened in Delhi.
For many years the main Pilgrims Book House bookshop branch in Kathmandu was located in Thamel. It was one of the largest bookshops in Asia with hundreds of thousands of books on display. It was praised by several travel guidebooks and websites (including by Lonely Planet who called it "Kathmandu's best bookstore" ().
On 16 May 2013 the Thamel branch of Pilgrims Book House caught fire and almost everything inside was burnt to ashes. Since the fire Pilgrims has operated two bookshops, one at JP Road, Thamel, Kathmandu and the other at Durgakund, Varanasi.
Pilgrims operates two websites, one for its bookstores and the other for its publishing division.
Pilgrims Book House has published more than 500 books. These include:
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