Lekhnath Paudyal

Lekhnath Paudyal was born in Arghaun-Archale, in the Kaski district, at the end of 1884 or in 1885 depending on the calendar. He studied Sanskrit in Kathmandu, then in Benares. Back in the capital, he became a tutor in the household of a Prime Minister of the Rana family. In 1951 he received the title of Kavi Shiromani, jewel of poets, and in 1955 his admirers paraded him on a chariot through Kathmandu. Regarded as the pioneer of modern Nepali poetry, he died in 1966.

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• Poetryतरुण तपसीLekhnath Paudyal · 1953not translated into EnglishLiterature