Bhanu Jayanti being celebrated today

KATHMANDU, July 14: The 210th birth anniversary of the Adikavi (first poet) of Nepali literature, the late Bhanubhakta Acharya, is being celebrated today by organizing various programs at various places in the country and abroad.

Bhanubhakta presented the emotional 'Ramayana', the biography of King Rama of Ayodhya, in simple Nepali language which greatly contributed to Nepali literature and benefited the Nepali people. The Ramayana written by him is still recited rhythmically in Nepalese homes.