Lalitpur, June 20: Litterateur Gyan Jyoti Kansakar released the 100th special issue of the literary monthly magazine “Nepal Sanskriti” at a function here recently.

Senior literary critic Manik Lal Shrestha, stating that the “Nepal Sanskriti” is a research-based magazine, spoke about its role in promoting the national culture.

Litterateur Phanindra Ratna Bajracharya, poet Dr Pushpa Raj Rajkarnikar, patron of the magazine Asha Bahadur Shrestha, poets Pratisara Sayami and Ishwari Maiya Shrestha, editor Chhatra Bahadur Kayastha and others highlighted on the objectives of the literary magazine.

The programme was presided over by senior litterateur Rewati Ramananda Shrestha.