Kathmandu. Nepal Pragya-Pratishthan organized the International Mother Language Day-2026. At the beginning of the program, there was a procession around Kamaladi, Ganthghar, Ratnapark and Darbarmarg in Kathmandu with the tableau displaying the goods and costumes and cultural characteristics of different tribes and mother tongue groups. In the program Tharu, Newa: Magar, Limbu, Thami, Dhimal, Sherpa, Gurung, Chantyal, Sunuwar, Rai, Tamang and other tribals were included in the program. The tribe presented their cultural tableaus. The festival was inaugurated by Bhupal Rai, the chancellor of Nepal Pragya-Pratishthan by lighting a panas. He addressed the program and said that Nepal's mother tongue has been discriminated against. In the name of protection and promotion of the mother tongue, not only formality but the government should make a special contribution, he emphasized that everyone should be aware of the end of linguistic and cultural violence. He said that he would enrich his own language and save the language. 

Dr. Dhanprasad Subedi, member secretary of Pragya-Pratishthan, said that Pragya-Pratishthan is organizing a discussion, discussion and Mother Language National Poetry Festival on the occasion of International Mother Language Day with the aim of uplifting the mother tongue of all castes.

       The coordinator of Matribhasha National Poetry Festival-2082, member of Pragya-Pratishthan's academic council and head of Literature Matribhasha Kosh and Grammar Department, Trailokyaman Banepali 'Agib' said that everyone had to sacrifice and struggle for a long time to protect and promote the mother tongue in Nepal. 

Discussing that all mother tongues are the national language and Kathmandu Metropolis has arranged teaching in Nepali language, discussing that more than dozen of mother tongues including Maithili are being taught in schools, saying that this is an important work to save the mother tongue.

presented.

  Poems representative of 42 languages were recited in 'Matri Bhasha National Poetry Festival-2082'. 

In which Diwas Rai-Lohorung, Prakash Yakkha Yakkha, Chammar Rai-Bahing, Shanta Nachiring-Nachiring, Arjun Rai-Dungmali, GD Rai-Wantwa, Ravin Khaling Rai-Khaling, Sahasra Rai-Chamling, Hiramaya Ghising-Tamang, Vidyanand Yadav-Maithili, Napoleon Chepang-Chepang, Yuvraj Gupta Bairagi - Abadhi, Upendradas Upbin - Maghi, Prakash Kattari - Bhojpuri, Pavitra Thapa Magar - Magar Dhoot, Dilip Buda Magar - Magar Kham, Santoshi Chaudhary - Tharu, Bheem Kurumbang Khambongsa Limbu - Limbu, Vivek Bhattarai - Sanskrit, Savina Maharjan - Nepalese, Renuka Kumal - Kumal, Devi Ram Ghodasaini Devarshi-Achami, Sanjakumari Danuwar-Danuwar, Taradevi Sunuwar-Sunuwar, Surendra Shahi 'Gulab Kancho'- Bajureli, Dumbar Thami 'Anupam'-Thami, Karnadayal Sodari-Baitdeli, Varsha Dhimal-Dhimal, Bipin Sherchan-Thakali, Meena Pant-Doteli, Serku Sherpa-Sherpa, Mamta Uraan-Uraan, Jayprakash Tajpuria-Tajpuria,

Deepak Ghimire-Nepali, Ranjit Kumar Rajvanshi-Rajvanshi, Bhogendra Vishwakarma Harvish-Achami,

Tej Bahadur Chhakali Tamu-Gurung, Shivchandra Prasad Sah-Bajjika, Vishnu Pukhgyal Bhanbhaneli-Bhujel, Ravin Regmi-Khas, Sunil Kumar Mudiyari-Munda recited poetry in their mother tongue. Bhupal Rai, the chancellor of Prajna Pratishthan, presented the certificates to the participating poets and tableau presenters of Matribhasha National Poetry Festival-2082. The announcement of the program was made by Krishnaraj Sarbahari, Pragya Sabha member of Pragya-Pratishthan.