Motiram Bhatta a great Nepali poet, writer, essayist was born in 1866 in Kathmandu Nepal with father pandit Daya Ram Bhatta and mother Ripumardini Devi Bhatta . He went to Banaras India for formal education. In Banaras he learned classical Sanskrit language and he took some music class too. He is the first person to introduce Gajal in Nepali language. He brought a huge revolution and reform in Nepali literature .he was a multidimensional personality .he himself was an era of Nepali literature .He is the person who introduced Bhanubhakta Acharya by publishing his Ramayana.He was a music lover and singer too. he has written Gajal in many languages.
Motiram Bhatta left home town Kathmandu at the age of 6 and spent some 9 years in Banaras for Sanskrit study. he returned back to Kathmandu at the age of 15 and joined in Darbar High School.he finished his school education from Darbar High School and after that he went to Calcatta India for further study. He wrote Bhanubhakta’s biography and published in 1988 which help Bhanubhakta to honored as a Adhikabi. he opened a printing press with his friend in Kathmandu. He is the first-person to open library in Nepal. His main works are as follows: Manodweg,Prawah,Panchak Prapancha,Shakuntala,Priyadarsika,
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Motiram Bhatta is one of the greatest literary figures in Nepali literary history. He did so many noble things so Nepalese people always remember him and follows his writing style. He died at the age of 30 in 1896.