President offers wreath at statue of nation-builder Prithvi Narayan Shah

Kathmandu: President Bidya Devi Bhandari laid a wreath at the statue of nation-builder Prithvi Narayan Shah located at the western main gate to Singha Durbar today.

The President offered the wreath and paid tribute to the late king Shah, the leader of Nepal’s unification, at a programme jointly organized by Nepal Academy, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Nepal Music and Drama Academy and the Sanskritik Sansthan to commemorate Shah’s 300th birth anniversary.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale also garlanded the statue of the late King. Floral tributes were also offered on behalf of the academies and the Sansthan on the occasion.