HETAUDA, APRIL 9

Matribhumi Literature Society Makawanpur, on Saturday, honoured six individuals in Hetauda.

In a programme, music composer Shakti Ballav, archaeologist Basant Bidari, littérateur Sitaram Adhikari, playwright Ujjawal Sharma Bhandari, rights activist Saraswoti Bartaula, and child artiste Jenish Uperti were felicitated.

Ballav and Bidari were felicitated with Nityagovind Memorial Music Award and Kshetra Bahadur Memorial Award. Saraswoti Bartaula and Jenish Upreti were felicitated with Manju Subedi Memorial Matribhumi Award and Mangala Devi Shrestha Award respectively.

Madhav Pokhrel chairs Matribhumi Literature Society Makawanpur.

A version of this article appears in the print on April 10, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.