English.Sahityapost
Kathmandu, February 12
Budhanilkantha Municipality is set to hold ‘Budhanilkantha Literary and Cultural Festival 2080′. The festival will take place on February 23 and 24 as per the municipality’s arrangement.
Anita Lamal, the deputy mayor who is also the coordinator of the festival, informed that the festival will be attended by various literary figures, cultural experts, municipal council members, and administrative officials of the municipality.
The schedule of the two-day event was presented by Babu Tripathi, an organizing committee member of the festival.
As per the schedule, the first day of the festival will be held at Chunikhel, Budhanilkantha-13, and the second day at Budhanilkantha Temple premises. It is stated that there will be the presence of numerous national artists, more than 50 poets, story writers, cultural experts, and others at the festival.
Various interactive programs involving social, political, industrial, business, sports, health, tourism, drama and theater, ghazals, etc., have been included in the festival. The festival is also aimed at bringing together various municipalities’ chiefs and sectors for cultural exchanges.