Kavi Narmad Central Library

Kavi Narmad Central Library is a public library in Surat

History
It was built by the Surat Municipal Corporation in 1991 at Ghod Dod Road. The library is the largest in the city with 2,26,391 books and a membership of 46,855. The library premises have a total area of, 6158 sq. m. and was built at the cost of ₹4.03 crore. The library also houses a reading room and a newspaper section open to the public. It is named after Veer Narmad the famous Gujarati poet from Surat, and was opened to the public on his 158th birth anniversary.

On 18 January 2011 Information Centre, separate sections for senior citizen and rare book collection, conference hall and audiovisual room were added. More recently, the revitalization of the library was completed.