Garhwali, Kumauni, Uttarakhand, Himalayan Literature

Vinay Prasad Joshi : Creator of Astrology book in Garhwali Language
Bhishma Kukreti

Garhwali society will always remember Jotishacharya Vinay Prasad for his contribution to add astrological subject in Garhwali language literature.
Vinaya Prasad Joshi was born in Sandhar village, Sandhar Patti of salan , Pauri Garhwal Uttarakhand in 1920.

Vinay Prasad is a true social worker . Inspired by Vinovba Bhave, Vinay Joshi donated a sizable portion of his land to landless Sohan Lal of Saindhar village.
He wrote and published Garhwali Panchang (astrological book in Garhwali ) . In this treasure book, we may find the data of past thousand years and coming thousand years too . The reader may find complete information of date, time, day, month of thousand years back and future .

This Garhwali Panchang by Vinay Joshi is unique from the point of view of astrology and Joshi did hard work for years to write such memorable book on astrology in Garhwali language.

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