Adikavi binds Nepali language, literature and culture together: Speaker Ghimire

Kathmandu, July 13: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has said that Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya played a significant role in uniting the Nepali language, literature, and culture.     

In his address to a joint programme organized today by the Nepal Academy and the Bhanu Pratishthan on the occasion of the 212th birth anniversary of the pioneer poet of Nepali literature, the Speaker said that the Nepali-speaking community across the world remembers and respects the poet for his significant contributions to the Nepali language, literature, and culture.     

He also spoke the need to further promote the Nepali language at an international level.Also speaking on the occasion, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Raghuji Panta, said that Bhanubhakta significantly contributed to promoting the Nepali language through his historic creation, the Ramayana. According to him, the poet played a major role in bringing the Nepali language to its present status.     

Nepal Academy Chancellor Bhupal Rai expressed his appreciation for President Ramchandra Paudel's initiative to honour poets from various languages, including Adikavi, by constructing their statues in Tanahu.     

Literary figure Tulasi Diwasa, who was honoured on the occasion, along with literary scholar Dr Nawaraj Lamsal and Academy Member Secretary Dr Dhan Prasad Subedi, highlighted the poet's contribution to the unification of the Nepalis through language, literature, and culture.     

Bhanubhakta is best known for his translation of the Ramayana, originally written in Sanskrit, into the Nepali language. He was born on Asar 29, 1871 BS in Tanahu and passed away on Asoj 6, 1925 BS.(RSS)