Chetnath Dhamala was born at Betinee, Okhaldhunga of Eastern Nepal. He has published, Chhahara, a poetry collection and joint collection, Aaagoko Murchana, (Poems) and Ragatko Darbar, (Poems), with Kushu Chettri and Manoj Neopane. He edits Kaushikee, a Magazine of Contemporary Literature.