Rekhta Foundation

About

Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Urdu literature. The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. These books primarily consist of Urdu, Hindi and Persian literature and encompass a wide range of genres, including biographies of poets, Urdu poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The collection originates from public and research libraries in the Indian subcontinent. It serves content in multiple scripts such as Devanagari, Roman and, primarily, the Urdu script. It hosts books from centuries earlier and is recognized as the largest website in the world for the preservation of Urdu literature. Rekhta Foundation is known primarily for work in Lifestyle. World's Largest Urdu Poetry Platform specializing in Books. Profile compiled from public sources including Wikipedia's article on Rekhta (website) (accessed July 2026).