Kasthuri or Kasturi is a major Kannada monthly family magazine published in Karnataka, India, with headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is also published in Mangaluru, Gulbarga, Davangere, and Hubli.
Kasthuri covers topics like society, Kannada poetry, science fiction, spirituality, health, travel, technology, cookery, book review, beauty. It publishes a large number of editorial cartoon, on politics and society.
The magazine is subscribed to by educational institutions such as Tumkur University, JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Kuvempu University, Mysore University, Mangalore University, and Gulbarga University etc.
Kasthuri (RNI:Reg.No.3633/1957) was first published in 1921. Ranganath Ramchandra Diwakar, a former president of the KPCC, established the â²Loka Shikshana Trustâ² (meaning: World Education Trust) on 27 April 1933, which publishes both Kasthuri and Karmaveera, a weekly Kannada magazine.
Kannada writer and poet, P.V. Acharya was one among the many editors of Kasthuri, including Radhakrishna Bhadti and writer-journalist Nagesh Hegde