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Vanitha

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Vanitha is an India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

n magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published fortnightly by the Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama is a popular Malayalam daily with a very strong readership in Kerala, India. The Manorama group, which manages the newspaper, also runs the Manorama Yearbook, largest circulated yearbook in the region...

group. Although its name translates to "woman" in Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages of South India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé. It is spoken by around 37 million people...

, it includes articles on a variety of topics, and is not strictly a woman's magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

. Published in Malayalam and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a standardised register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 languages with official status in India, and is used, along with English, for administration of the central government.Standard Hindi is a sanskritised register derived...

, it is the fifth-largest selling magazine in India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

. As of 2004, the Malayalam edition of the magazine has a readership of over of 3.7 million.
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Vanitha is an India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

n magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published fortnightly by the Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama
Malayala Manorama is a popular Malayalam daily with a very strong readership in Kerala, India. The Manorama group, which manages the newspaper, also runs the Manorama Yearbook, largest circulated yearbook in the region...

group. Although its name translates to "woman" in Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages of South India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé. It is spoken by around 37 million people...

, it includes articles on a variety of topics, and is not strictly a woman's magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

. Published in Malayalam and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a standardised register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 languages with official status in India, and is used, along with English, for administration of the central government.Standard Hindi is a sanskritised register derived...

, it is the fifth-largest selling magazine in India
India
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...

. As of 2004, the Malayalam edition of the magazine has a readership of over of 3.7 million.

In addition to being released twice a month, Vanitha also includes special double issues for Onam
Onam
Onam is the biggest festival in the South Indian state of Kerala. It falls during the Malayali month of Chingam and marks the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali. Carnival of Onam lasts for ten days and is linked to many elements of Kerala's culture and tradition...

, Easter
Easter
Easter is the most important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead on the third day from his crucifixion...

, New Year's Day
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome . In all countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, except for Israel, it is a public holiday, often celebrated with fireworks at the...

, and Christmas
Christmas
Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini...

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"It is a Girl Name used in India widely and there was a character with this name in Old Stories(like Mahabharatha)."