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Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
Madan puraskar pustakalaya is the first library which contains a huge collection of books and periodicals in Nepali language. It was established in 1940s and is located in Lalitpur. A prolific personality in the field of press in Nepal ,Kamal Mani Dixit is the founder as well as the chairman of the library. The main objective of this library is toPreserve and Conserve the books,magazines and newspapers of many years ago. It keeps a complete record of books, invitation cards and newspapers as well. There are altogether 26,854 books, 5,125 newspapers, 7000 digitized photo, 35000 wall paintings, 500 hand written and 700 audio-video records. It even records that there are about 1000 of newspapers that have been stopped to publish since it first or second issue only. The speciality of this library is that it keeps record of ancient treasures. A 100 years back photo of Rana Prime Minister Junga Bahadur Rana is wonderfully digitized and preserved. According to the members of the library, the first Nepali book to be printed was Holy Bible in 1820. It was published from Srirampur Missionaries. The staffs of the library also showed the most precious and priceless publication. It was the first issue of Gorkhapatra. The library also consists first book of Nepal published in 1820 AD named as 'Grammar of Nepalese Language'.The library also has the issue of the first magazine in Nepali language'Sudha Sagar' and another literary magazine'Saradha' of 1991.
Madan puraskar pustakalaya is the first library which contains a huge collection of books and periodicals in Nepali language. It was established in 1940s and is located in Lalitpur. A prolific personality in the field of press in Nepal ,Kamal Mani Dixit is the founder as well as the chairman of the library. The main objective of this library is toPreserve and Conserve the books,magazines and newspapers of many years ago. It keeps a complete record of books, invitation cards and newspapers as well. There are altogether 26,854 books, 5,125 newspapers, 7000 digitized photo, 35000 wall paintings, 500 hand written and 700 audio-video records. It even records that there are about 1000 of newspapers that have been stopped to publish since it first or second issue only. The speciality of this library is that it keeps record of ancient treasures. A 100 years back photo of Rana Prime Minister Junga Bahadur Rana is wonderfully digitized and preserved. According to the members of the library, the first Nepali book to be printed was Holy Bible in 1820. It was published from Srirampur Missionaries. The staffs of the library also showed the most precious and priceless publication. It was the first issue of Gorkhapatra. The library also consists first book of Nepal published in 1820 AD named as 'Grammar of Nepalese Language'.The library also has the issue of the first magazine in Nepali language'Sudha Sagar' and another literary magazine'Saradha' of 1991.
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