Inaruwa, May 1:A statue of the late Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to scale Mount Sagarmatha, has been installed at the local Kalabanjar Chowk of Bharaul VDC in Sunsari district.

The six feet tall granite-marble statue designed by architect Arun Katuwal was constructed and installed at the cost of Rs 50,000.

Central member of the CPN-UML Bhim Prasad Acharya unveiled the statue at a function organised here recently.

A three Bigha land worth about 1.5 million rupees has been donated for construction of a shrine at Madhesa village in Sunsari district.

The shrine is to be constructed under the chief patronage of the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswoti of the Kanchi Kamakothi Peeth.

Besides the shrine, a Sanskrit High School, a homeopathic clinic and dispensary, yoga centre and a shelter for cows is also to be constructed on the land donated by Chakra Bahadur Karki, a resident of the locality, it is learnt from the Sanatan Sanskriti Sanrakshan Samiti, Sunsari.

Although a number of service-oriented works are being carried out in different parts of the country with the patronage of the Jagad Guru, the Shankarmath shrine at Madhesha Village will be the first of its kind to be developed for the protection and promotion of the hindu religion and culture, it is believed.

In biratnagar, the local Balkalyan Bidya Mandir High School at Ward No. 15, Biratnagar sub-metropolitan city, organised a school level competitive poetry symposium here Friday in honour of senior literary critic and essayist Dr. Taranath Sharma.

On the occasion, litterateur Dr. Sharma gave away prizes and certificates to the winners of the poetry symposium.

Addressing the prize-giving ceremony, Dr. Sharma said that he gave up the opportunity to earn money in the united states and returned back to Nepal out of its love and to serve the motherland and to promote its respect.

Poet Ramesh Khakurel, short story writer Parasu Pradhan and chairman of the Purbanchal Bahudeshyiya Sahakari Sanstha Limited Chiranjbi Dahal underlined the need for creating literature that was full of patriotism and upheld social morality.

Various poets and poetesses had also recited their poetry at the programme presided over by school principal Shaligram Dahal.