Bhanubhakta’s role in Nepali literature lauded

Kathmandu, July 13 (RSS): Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that the pioneer poet Bhanubhakta Acharya has made a great contribution to the development of Nepali literature by binding together various linguistic and cultural communities into a single entity through the medium of literature.

The Prime Minister made this remark while addressing the morning procession and a tribute-paying function organized by the Bhanu Sewa Samiti on the occasion of the 187th birth anniversary of pioneer poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya this morning.

The Adikabi Bhanubhakta Acharya has equal contribution in nation-building since it was the pioneer poet who gave the heartbeat to the nation unified by the late king Prithivi Narayan Shah, the Prime Minister observed.

The Prime Minister expressed the view that democracy can also unify all the Nepalese people if we can imbibe the awareness and the justice transmitted in society by the pioneer poet.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Koirala disclosed that from now on the Nepalese missions abroad will be directed to observe the birth anniversary of the late pioneer poet in the respective countries also.

At the programme, Prime Minister Koirala also gave away prizes to the Annapurna Higher Secondary School, Kathmandu, the Little Angel’s School, Lalitpur and the Naula Jyoti English School, Bhaktapur which came out first, second and third respectively in the morning procession organized on the occasion of the 186th Bhanu Jayanti Day last year.

The Prime Minister also presented letters of citations to Nepal police, Nepal Scouts, the National Sports Council, the National Cadet Corps and the Public Parks and the City Hall Development Committee.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Tarini Datta Chataut said that the poetry by the late pioneer poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya would always remain a source of inspiration to the nation.

Senior Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire said that the pioneer poet Bhanu Bhakta Acharya unified Nepal at the sentimental level and to honour him means to honour the nation. Janakabi Keshari Dharma Raj Thapa read out a poem highlighting the life and contributions of the pioneer poet Bhanubhakta.

At the programme presided over by the chairman of the Bhanu Sewa Samity Daibagya Raj Neupane, the committee secretary D.P. Aryal also expressed his view.

The morning procession started from local Rani Pokhari where the statue of the late poet is located and passed through different parts of the town.

On the occasion, renowned novelist Diamond Shumsher Rana and senior music composer Nati Kaji were decorated and taken on a special chariot as a mark of honour. The Deputy Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the MPs, senior litterateurs and school children from various schools were present in large numbers on the occasion.

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