As of December 2013, it is the fifth largest regional language magazine in India by circulation according to IRS Survey 2013, with average qualifying sales of 826,000 copies.

[1] A women's magazine published in Malayalam, Grihalakshmi was launched in 1979[2][3] as a monthly publication.

[3] On 30 January 2016, Grihalakshmi organized a Women’s Midnight Half-marathon in Kochi, Kerala.

[citation needed] Prominent Malayalam actor Mamta Mohandas, Olympic athlete Anju Bobby George and social worker Sunitha Krishnan were the ambassadors of the event.

[4] Organized as a celebration of womanhood, the agenda was to spread the message that the streets are safe and free for women also in the night.