Nityaraj Pandey

He was born on 4 January 1932 (20 Poush 1988 BS) in Bal Mandir Kshetra, Bhagbati Bahal, Naxal, Kathmandu to father Siddhiraj Pandey and mother Bidhya Kumari.

He obtained an MA degree from Tribhuvan University after winning the Madan Puraskar.

He published his first book on Buddhist philosophy called Boudha Digdarshan in 2013 BS.

In 1959 (2016 BS), Pandey won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour, for his book Mahakavi Devkota.

[2][3] Nityaraj Pandey Pragya Pratisthan, a literary society was established in his name in 2072 BS (c. 2015/2016).