Nepalese National Library

Government of Nepal established the Nepal National Library (NNL)in 1957 at Singha Durbar, having brought the personal collection of His Majesty the King's spiritual Preceptor, the late Hem Raj Pandey. At the outset, the NNL had an impressive collection of 43,000 books and periodicals, including those brought in as a result of the amalgamation of the Central Secretariat Library. It is presently housed in Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur and is open to all for reading and refernece.

At present, NNL has more than 82,000 books, documents and periodicals in different languages including Nepali, English, Sanskrit, and others.