Punya Nagari

Punya Nagari is a Marathi language daily newspaper published in Maharashtra. It was established in 1999 by Muralidhar Shingote. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, its average circulation is 416,625. Punya Nagari newspaper is published from Mumbai, Nashik, Nanded, Pune, Ahmednagar, Thane, Nagpur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Satara and Solapur.

History
Baba Shingote (Murlidhar Shingote), the founder of Punya Nagari, reached Mumbai for work and business after dropping out school. Initially he selling fruit, then worked with Buwasheth Dangat and sell newspaper.

In 1994, Shingote started an evening daily newspaper named Mumbai Chaufer. Followed by Aapala Vartahar, Yasobhoomi, Karnataka Malla, Tamil Times, Hindmata and in 1999 he started Punya Nagari.