''Akhand Jyoti'' (अखण्ड ज्योति) is a monthly

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published from

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

. It was started in 1938 by Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya, the founder of All World Gayatri Pariwar (www.awgp.org). The main objective of the magazine is to promote scientific spirituality and the religion of 21st century, that is, scientific religion. The magazine is published in more than 10 languages and has more than a million subscribers all across the globe. Akhand Jyoti covers various aspects of life, such as, personality development, health management, familial management, societal development, social sustainability, nation building and scientific spirituality.

History

Inaugural issue of magazine was published on

Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami, also called Saraswati Puja in honor of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region. ...

January 1938. Magazine was started in Hindi with a small circulation from

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. Publication had to be stopped soon due to unavailability of raw material caused by

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It restarted in January 1940 with 500 copies. In 1941 it shifted to

. Since then, it has continued without any interruption till date. Magazine now gets published in more than 10 languages.

Editors

First editor of magazine, Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder of

All World Gayatri Pariwar Shantikunj is a religious tourist attraction in Haridwar and also the headquarters of All World Gaytri Pariwar. History Shantikunj was established in 1971 by Shriram Sharma and Bhagwati Devi Sharma on a small piece of land. It was expanded ...

, was a journalist and active participant of

Indian freedom struggle The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal. ...

. He had assisted Shri Krishnadatt Paliwal in Hindi daily ''Sainik'' where he had his own daily column ''Matta Pralap''. He has authored more than three thousand books including ''bhashya'' of ancient

Hindu scriptures Hindu texts are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism. A few of these texts are shared across these traditions and they are broadly considered Hindu scriptures. These ...

.
In 1990, Bhagwati Devi Sharma, co-founder of

, took over the editing work.
Pranav Pandya, Director, Brahmavarchas Shodh Sansthan became chief editor in 1994 and still serving.

Notes

{{Reflist 1938 establishments in India Hindu magazines Magazines established in 1938 Magazines about spirituality Mathura Monthly magazines published in India Multilingual magazines