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Kathmandu, November 15:
Senior musician Shiva Shankar Manandhar, who devoted 60 years of his life
to the development of Nepali music, died last evening leaving behind a
legacy of over 1,200 songs composed or sung by him. Manandhar, 72, who was
born on Shiva Ratri, died of cancer of the liver on Bhai Tika day at the
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Apart
from his devotion to music, he also acted in the first Nepali film, Aama.
According to his youngest son Shashi Shankar Manandhar, the family came to
know about Manandhar’s illness only four months ago. “He was taken to
Kolkata as soon as we got to know, but it was too late,” Shashi said. Prime
Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba described Manandhar’s demise as an irreparable
loss to the Nepali music industry.
Ministers, artistes, journalists and people from all walks of life paid
their final tributes to Manandhar at the Royal Nepal Academy. Home Minister
Purna Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Prime Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikary and
Information and Communication Minister Dr Mohammed Mohsin also arrived at the
Royal Nepal Academy where Manandhar’s body was kept.
His last rites were carried out at the Pashupati Aryaghat this afternoon.
Senior artistes, including Nepal’s first actress Bhuwan Chand, Koili Devi
Mathema, Amber Gurung, Prem Dhoj Pradhan, Ruby Joshi and Shambhujeet
Baskota were also present.
Manandhar was associated with Radio Nepal from 2007 BS to 2049 BS and also
worked as general manager of Ratna Recordings. He got his first disc
recorded in 2015 BS at Kolkata.
Manandhar was also honoured with numerous awards, including Mahendra Ratna
Aabhusan, Gorkha Dakshinbahu, Chhinnalata Puraskar, Trishakti Patta, Nepal
Motion Pictures Award, Supradipta Birendra Prajatantra Bhaskar and Natikaji
Memorial Award. He was deeply committed to preserving and promoting
cultural and folk songs. At the same time, he was perturbed by the growing
influence of western music. Born in New Road in 1989 BS Falgun 12, he grew
up honing his musical talent through religious portals.
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