The Nepali Army began its letter-writing campaign from Hanuman Bhanjyang at Gorkha Durbar on Monday.
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The Nepali Army has begun a trek along the footpath used by Prithvi Narayan Shah during the unification of Nepal.
The Nepali Army has started the letter march from Hanuman Bhanjyang in Gorkha Durbar on Monday.
On the first day of the march, the army's Rudradhwaj Battalion will march to Ghatbeshi in Bhimsen Thapa-8 Borlang. The marching team will reach Kathmandu via Dhading, Nuwakot.
The 26-person march from Gorkha Durbar to Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu will end on the day of Prithvi Jayanti on Paush 27 via Dhading, Nuwakot.
The Nepali Army, including a detachment of the Shardul Jung Gulma, dressed in royal attire with black daurasalwar, a chatora on their heads, a khukuri on their waists, and a loaded gun in their hands, has marched on the Unification Footpath.
On the first day of the march, the march began with the handing over of the torch and flag by the Army's West Division Headquarters' Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Bholanath Thapa.
The Rudradhwaj Battalion will complete the first leg of the trek from Hanumanbhanjyang in Gorkha Durbar to Taple-Ashrang-Borlang on Monday, the first day of the trek. The army has stated that the team started the trek with the national flag, torch, and the flags of the five first companies of the Nepal Army (Srinath, Kalibaks, Old Gorakh, Bardabahadur, and Sabuj). The army has stated that the five companies of the Nepal Army were established during the time of Prithvi Narayan Shah.
In accordance with the government's policy of preserving the old forts, forts, patipauwa, and milestones of the unification trek, the army has been trekking every year since 2076 BS.
The army believes that the trek will also help inform future generations about the Nepal Unification Trek and its historical heritage. Dhungdhora, koshedhunga, and patipauwa can still be seen on the trek used by Prithvi Narayan Shah during the unification of Nepal.
