text: Upadhyay's real name is Dharmaraj Upadhyay, and he was born in 1962 as the youngest son of Shiva Shankar Prasad Upadhyay and Umadevi Khanal Upadhyay in Birgunj, Parsa district. He grew up with his parents by his side and graduated from the Tri-Juddha Vocational High School in the village with an SLC diploma. After that, he began attending a higher education institution in Kathmandu. He eventually travelled to India and graduated with a doctorate. From an early age, he had a passion for writing songs and poems. He used to compose various poems and songs and show them to his grandparents and his friends.