Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi (pronounced [ɡoʋəɾd̪ʱənɾɑːm mɑːd̪ʱəʋɾɑːm t̪ɾipɑʈʰiː] ⓘ; 20 October 1855 – 4 January 1907) was an Indian Gujarati language novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[1] Govardhanram was born in Vaishnav Vadnagara Nagar brahmin family on 20 October 1855 on the day of the Dashera festival at Nadiad, Bombay presidency (now in Gujarat), to his mother, Shivkashi, and his father, Madhavram.

[8] In 1875, he read a paper, A Rude Outline of the General Features of Practical Asceticism in My Sense of the World, before the Friendly Society.

According to Gujarati critic Balwantray Thakore, this paper can be considered the key-stone of Govardhanram's ideology, aspiration and character.

[1] The novel represents the life of Gujarat during the early part of 19th-century and also focuses on contemporary social, political, philosophical and cultural issues.

On 27 April 2016, a commemorative postage stamp was released by Indian Posts to honour Govardhanram Tripathi.