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The 209th birth anniversary of Nepali literature Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya has been celebrated by organizing various programs in different places of the country and abroad.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba laid a wreath at the statue of Bhanu at the Nepal Pragya Pratisthan in Kamaladi.
Wreaths were laid at the statue after a procession including a morning procession organized by Pragya-Pratishthan in collaboration with Bhanu Pratishthan.
Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha, Chancellor of the Pratishthan Ganga Prasad Upreti, and others garlanded at the statue.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Deuba said that the poems of the great poet Bhanubhakta portrayed the reality of the then Nepali society simply and conveyed education and a positive message to the society.
He said that the literary work created by Bhanubhakta, the hero of linguistic integration, has contributed to the strengthening of national unity by uniting all Nepalis in one linguistic formula.
Bhanubhakta, who was born in the village of Chundiramgha in Tanahu on Asar 29, 1871 BS, was inspired to compose the Ramayana in Nepali as he was instructed by a common grass cutter to ‘earn a name by doing good deeds after birth’. Badhusiksha is another of his famous creation.
Similarly, there are his literary works including e ‘Prashnottar’, ‘Bhaktamala’, ‘Ramgita’, and others.
Bhanubhakta died in Asoj 1925 BS. Bhanubhakta’s birth anniversary is being celebrated in India’s Darjeeling, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, and other Nepali-speaking countries and places.
Source: Himalayan Tele-Voice
