Prime Minister Deuba garlands statue of Aadikavi Bhanubhakta

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today garlanded the statue of Aadikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya at Nepal Academy in Kamaladi amid a function held on the occasion of the 209th birth anniversary of the country's first poet. The garlanding programme was organised following a morning procession organised by the academy in collaboration with the Bhanu Academy. Others present on the occasion were Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha and the Academy Chancellor Ganga Prasad Upreti among others. By RSS READ ALSO:

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