A model of well-managed institution

Ratna Pustakalaya, located in Madhya Baneshwar of Kathmandu, is somewhere lost amidst adjoining houses, commercial malls, complexes, and shops. Yet, situated some 800 meters north of Naya Baneshwar Chok on Devkota Road, it has been in operation for six decades and it holds some historic significance. 

This library is housed in the three-storey roadside building in front of the Mahadev temple and Ratna Rajya School. Yet, the general public does not know much about this library established in the early 1960s. Nonetheless, behind it has a glorious history of Nepali literature, society, and politics and a collection of more than 12,000 books.