Devkota
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Devkota is a surname used by some Nepal
ese people. Devkota are found mostly in Gorkha District
in villages as Amppipal
, Luintel, Palungtar, Gaikhur
and on several places around nation as Jumla
, Jhapa, Birgunj, Pokhara
and other many places. One of the most famous people with this surname is Laxmi Prasad Devkota
, known as Mahakavi
in Nepal.
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
ese people. Devkota are found mostly in Gorkha District
Gorkha District
Gorkha District of 288,134. It is the location of the Manakamana Temple. Also, the temples of great sage Gorakh Nath and goddess Gorakh Kali temple is located in district, after which the district got its name. Four major rivers run within and along it, they are Chepe, Daraudi, Marsyangdi and...
in villages as Amppipal
Amppipal
Amppipal is a small village in the Amppipal VDC ward no.8 of the Gorkha District of Nepal. This village is in minutes from Liglig which is assumed to be the origin of unification of Nepal. This village contains a hospital originally operated by United Mission to Nepal, built in 1969. It is also a...
, Luintel, Palungtar, Gaikhur
Gaikhur
Gaikhur is a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4,793 and had 948 houses in the town....
and on several places around nation as Jumla
Jumla
Jumla can refer to a number of subjects*Mir Jumla, a prominent subahdar of Bengal*Jumla District, one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal*Jumla - a town in Nepal....
, Jhapa, Birgunj, Pokhara
Pokhara
Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City is the second largest city of Nepal. Pokhara is city of close to 350,000 inhabitants in central Nepal located at 28.25°N, 83.99°E, which is the centre of the country from east to west or from north to south, 198 km west of Kathmandu or 90 km west of Mugling, and...
and other many places. One of the most famous people with this surname is Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Laxmi Prasad Devkota , was a Nepali poet.Devkota is considered to be one of the best writers in Nepal. He is best known for the poem "Muna Madan". There are several tributes to the poem Muna Madan...
, known as Mahakavi
Mahakavi
* Mahakavi Kumaran Asan, a Malayali poet.* Vallathol Narayana Menon, a Malayali poet.* Srirangam Srinivasarao or Sri Sri, a Telugu poet.* Subramanya Bharathy, a Tamil poet.* Laxmi Prasad Devkota, a Nepali poet....
in Nepal.