South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, Nov 9: The life-size statue of the Great Poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota was garlanded today at the local Trimurti Niketan in Sanchargram, on the occasion of his 118th birth anniversary. Niketan’s founder and chairperson, Indira Prasai, garlanded the life-size statue of the great poet Devkota. On the same occasion, she also laid wreaths at the life-size statues of poet laureate Lekhnath Paudyal and noted playwright Bal Krishna Sama. In a literary assembly organized at the Niketan on the occasion, poets Yadav Bhattarai, Bhagwati Basnet, and Rashmi Rimal recited poems. Addressing at the literary event, Trimurti Niketan’s chairperson Prasai, Lekhnath Paudyal Kavya Sabha coordinator Prof Keshav Subedi, Balakrishna Sama Foundation’s acting coordinator Dr Yadav Bhattarai, Mahakavi Devkota Pratisthan’s coordinator Prof Mahadev Awasthi, treasurer and programme coordinator Bhagwati Basnet, and member secretary Narendra Raj Prasai said that following the path shown by the Trimurti—that is, the poet laureate Paudyal, noted playwright Sama, and the great poet Devkota—would be the true tribute to the Trimurti. The Trimurti Niketan was established in 2004 by Nai Academy in honour of the poet laureate Devkota, noted playwright Sama, and the great poet Devkota.