For over fifty years, Gowda channelled his passion into Pustak Mane, a vast, free-access library built on the foundation of ...

A former bus conductor, Anke Gowda, established the largest free-access library in the world. Gowda, along with a renowned ...

Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor from Karnataka, has been awarded the Padma Shri 2026 for creating Pustak Mane, Indias largest free-access library. Housing over two million books in 20 ...

India honors 45 unsung heroes with the Padma Shri award this Republic Day. These individuals include a former bus conductor ...

Anke Gowda's library, ‘Pustak Mane’, houses more than two million books in 20 languages, along with rare manuscripts ...

Gowda, founder of one of India’s largest free-access libraries, is among three Padma Shri awardees from Karnataka this year, ...

A former bus conductor is among the 131 people being conferred with Padma Awards 2026. Anke Gowda has been recognised by the ...

As the 77th Republic Day approaches, 45 individuals have been selected for the Padma Awards, specifically under the 'Unsung ...

Republic Day 2026: 45 people including an ex-bus conductor and musician from across India have been selected for the Padma ...

Once a bus conductor, Gowda built one of India’s largest free-access libraries, Pustaka Mane, entirely through sacrifice and ...