In the heart of Hazratganj
29, Naval Kishore Road, Lucknow.
Directions to the entrance ↗
AN EXTRAORDINARY ADDRESS · HAZRATGANJ
An old soul.
A world of new stories.
The new avatar of Newal Kishore Press. Discover Lucknow’s printing legacy, explore the virtual museum, and visit twenty-four distinctive brands in a living garden campus.
NEWAL KISHORE PRESS · ESTD. 1858
One place.
Past, present & possibility.
A historic printing campus, reimagined through adaptive reuse, a virtual museum and playful digital exploration.
01 / DISCOVEREnter the
Walk the
Find the
Enter the
Virtual Museum
Meet the working Press. Explore 28 departments, narrated stories and original printed pages.
Step inside ↗02 / EXPLOREWalk the
digital campus
Look around the courtyards and architecture in an interactive 3D interpretation of Le Press.
Explore in 3D ↗03 / PLAYFind the
lost letters
Follow the clues through the digital estate. Seven discoveries, one printing legacy.
Begin the quest ↗Make it your kind of day
Coffee, collections, gardens or a little of everything.
Choose your visit ↗Before you set out
Check your chosen venue’s hours and arrangements.
Visitor information ↗A LIVING PRESS · YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Make time
for a little discovery.
Choose an afternoon shaped around you. The stories, gardens and collections are here to explore at your own pace.
01 · AN HOUR TO YOURSELF
Coffee & a garden pause
A little conversation, a shaded wander, a reason to linger. Plan your hour ↗
02 · A LEISURELY AFTERNOON
Craft & collections
Discover your favourites across all 24 partners, then find a table. Plan your afternoon ↗
03 · FOLLOW A STORY
Art & a printing legacy
Meet the Press story, look closer at the murals and carry a page home. Explore the heritage ↗
NATIONAL NAMES · INDEPENDENT VOICES
Only here.
Only in Lucknow.
From contemporary Indian design to Banaras handloom and fine dining. Discover every partner’s only Lucknow store.
Bagh India
Café Hons
CIBO
Cinderella Shoes
Criollo Café by Craft Coffee
India Circus by Krsnaa Mehta
Kaushyam
Kilol
Maison Mahogany
Marie Claire Paris Salon & Wellness
Ministry of Good Souls
MN Design Co. by Garima Agarwal
Mulmul
Musara by Sadhvi Suri
Nandini Agarwal Chikankari
NASO Profumi
Nicobar
Shawlkaari
Skyy Living
South of Indus
The Comma
Third Wave Coffee
Tribe Amrapali
VMDS by Vishal MehraWHAT’S ON · YOUR NEXT LE PRESS OUTING
Two festivals.
So many reasons to come.
From the sparkle of Diwali shopping to the pleasure of a good conversation. Put these Lucknow dates in your diary.
25 October 2026
Dazzle & Diyas
12 noon–midnight · Le Press, Hazratganj
Festive finds. A little sparkle.
Discover festive fashion, accessories, gifts and indulgent treats. Bring your people for a day of Diwali discoveries.
Campaign artwork from the official announcement.
28–29 November 2026
Metaphor Lucknow Litfest
14th edition · Le Press, Lucknow
A city of stories. A meeting of minds.
Make room for literature, ideas and conversation in a place with a printing legacy. Follow the organisers for the programme, timings and entry arrangements.
Campaign artwork from the official announcement.
ESTABLISHED 1858 · THE NEWAL KISHORE PRESS LEGACY
A landmark of ideas.
A living part of Lucknow.
Le Press carries forward the memory of Munshi Newal Kishore and the publishing house that helped preserve literature, circulate knowledge and bring languages and communities into conversation. Its history is the starting point for everything we create here.
Munshi Newal Kishore
Historical portrait · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
In 1858, Munshi Newal Kishore established a publishing house in Lucknow whose legacy reaches across languages, literature and generations. Meet the founder behind this enduring chapter in India’s print culture.
Read his life & legacy ↗Literature. Language. Public life.
A printing press can be a meeting place for ideas. Newal Kishore Press brought literature, learning and the newspaper into a shared world of readers, helping preserve texts while opening them to new audiences.
Explore its multilingual publishing and the Awadh Akhbar newspaper, then follow the literary voices and classical stories that connect the printed page with performance and the screen.
Inside the archiveDiscover original scanned volumes and the craft of printing in our virtual museum.
Explore the historical context ↗A newspaper spirit, renewed.
The pleasure of an unhurried read returns in our English–Hindi journal. Awadh Akbar brings together the founder’s story, classical tales, historical context and the continuing life of Le Press.
Read publication timelines and a Fasana-e-Azad-inspired comic, or spend time with stories drawn from the Press’s literary world. Historical sources and contemporary interpretations are identified within the issue.
Your reading roomBrowse the issue online or download the PDF to read at your own pace.
Read the issue or download the PDF ↗A place for culture to meet.
The story continues in the courtyards. Historic architecture, international artists’ murals and bougainvillea-lined paths bring a sense of discovery to an everyday visit.
Meet Indian craft through chikankari, Banaras textiles and block printing; explore local makers and community gatherings alongside places to shop, eat and linger.
Step into the storyExplore the Newal Kishore Press Virtual Museum and discover how the printing legacy lives on at Le Press.
Enter the virtual museum ↗A PLACE FOR MANY CULTURES
Once a home for words.
Now a place to meet.
The Newal Kishore Press began in 1858. Today its spirit of exchange lives on through craft, public art, independent businesses and conversation.
More to discover. A chapter for every curiosity. Explore +
THE COMPLETE LE PRESS STORY
More to discover.
A chapter for every curiosity.
Stay a little longer. Explore +
THE PLEASURE OF DISCOVERY
Stay a little longer.
Art on the walls. Flowers overhead. Something worth finding around the next corner.
A world within the city. Explore +
SLOW DOWN. LOOK AROUND.
A world within
the city.
FROM OUR OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM
Life at Le Press.
As it happens.
Little moments, shared stories and reasons to come together. Explore a selection from @lepress_lucknow.
8 October 2026 · Official Le PressOpen on Instagram ↗
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23 September 2026 · Official Le PressOpen on Instagram ↗
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FROM THE PRESS · A MOMENT TO READ
When words find a home
An editorial reflection · 1 minute
A printing press gives a story more than ink and paper. It gives that story another reader. At Le Press, the legacy of Munshi Newal Kishore invites us to think about this quiet exchange: an author writes, a printer makes copies, and a stranger opens a book. What began as one person’s thought becomes part of a larger conversation. Our contemporary courtyard offers another setting for that exchange. A conversation over coffee, an encounter with a craftsperson, or a page of Awadh Akbar can all be a beginning. The question is simple: what will you discover, and who will you share it with?
Read Munshi Newal Kishore’s life & legacy ↗
LE PRESS CIRCLE · A PLACE TO BELONG
Good company.
Great discoveries.
Make Le Press part of your everyday. Create your profile, tell us what you love, and choose whether to hear about new stories, gatherings and discoveries.
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How we use your information ↗YOUR LE PRESS CIRCLE
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IN THE HEART OF HAZRATGANJ
Make a day
of Le Press.
29, Naval Kishore Road, Hazratganj, Lucknow.
LE PRESS · THE GREEN STORYOld soul. Greener future.Watch the film ↗THE LE PRESS GREEN STORY
A greener future begins
with what we keep.
Watch the five-minute film on adaptive reuse, living heritage, shade, water and our digital climate study.
Watch the Green Story ↗