Our Founding Store
Koti — Osmania Medical College Branch
Our founding store stands opposite Osmania Medical College, across from the Koti footpath where Syed Ibadath Ali first sold books in 1979.
Visit this branch
- Address
- Shop No. 5-1-911/5, Biyabani Square Building, Putlibowli, Opposite Osmania Medical College, 94 Bus Stop Lane, Koti, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500095
- Phone & WhatsApp
- 9000186172
- Opening hours
- 10:00 AM–9:30 PM, all days
About this branch
Books and essentials, close to you
Our founding store stands opposite Osmania Medical College, across from the Koti footpath where Syed Ibadath Ali first sold books in 1979.
Open in Google MapsThe full-circle Koti moment
The footpath where the story started now faces the showroom it became.
1979
Footpath, Koti
A footpath.
A few books.
A few books, taken on credit each morning and paid for each night. No shop, no shelves — only the pavement, long hours and the trust of the bookshop owners who backed him.
Today
Three showrooms · 47 years of trust
That same footpath now sits directly across from the Universal Book Showroom in Koti. The street did not change. The stall became a showroom.