''Kasthuri'' or ''Kasturi'' is a major

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monthly family-interest magazine published in

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, India, which has its headquarters in

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, Karnataka. It is also published from

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Davangere Davanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known ...

, and

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. ''Kasthuri'' covers topics like society,

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, science fiction, spirituality, health, travel, technology, cookery, book review, beauty. It publishes a large number of

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, on politics and society. The magazine is subscribed in educational institutions like

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, JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science,

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, and

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etc.

History

Kasthuri ''( RNI:Reg.No.3633/1957)'' was first published in 1921. Ranganath Ramchandra Diwakar, an ex-president of the KPCC, established the ''′Loka Shikshana Trust′'' (''meaning: World Education Trust'') on 27 April 1933, which publishes ''Kasthuri'' and ''

Karmaveera ''Karmaveera'' is a major Kannada weekly family interest magazine, published in Karnataka, India, which has its headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is also published from Hubli, Davangere, Gulbarga and Mangaluru districts of Karnataka. ...

'' (a weekly Kannada magazine). Kannada writer and

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, P.V. Acharya, was one among the many editors of ''Kasthuri'', including Radhakrishna Bhadti and writer, journalist Nagesh Hegde

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