Talent Awards distributed in different categories

Kathmandu, July 16: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation handed over various national and provincial awards on Wednesday.

The national award carries a purse of Rs 100,000 to each recipient. The National Talent Award in the field of language and literature was handed over to Amrit Yonzan Tamang from Ramechhap, in culture to Dr Som Bahadur Dhimal from Morang, in music and theatre to Rajendra Bahadur Shah from Bajura, and in fine arts to Mukesh Malla from Kathmandu.

Similarly, in the field of language and literature, the provincial awards were given to Bimala Tumkhewa from Koshi Province, Shyam Sundar Shah from Madhesh Province, Narmadeshwari Satyal from Bagmati Province, Meenraj Basant Regmi from Gandaki Province, Bhagwan DasYadav from Lumbini Province, Samir Shah from Karnali Province, and Narendra Prasad Bhatt from Sudurpashchim Province.

In the cultural field, the provincial award winners include Kamal Jung Rai from Koshi Province, Shital Giri from Madhesh Province, Tara Devi Sunar from Bagmati Province, Bhakti Prasad Sharma from Gandaki Province, Idris Khan from Lumbini Province, Motiram Bam from Karnali Province, and Devendra Prasad Bhatt from Sudurpashchim Province.

Similarly, in the field of music and drama, the provincial award winners are Bipin Paudel from Koshi Province, Shiva Shankar Rizal from Madhesh Province, Sudeshraj Sharma from Bagmati Province, Diya Maske from Gandaki Province, Udiram Khadka from Lumbini Province, Tilak Pariyar from Karnali Province, and Prakash Thapa from Sudurpashchim Province.

The provincial talent awards were presented to Himmat Bahadur Limbu from Koshi, Gatikumari Thakur from Madhesh, Pramila Bajracharya from Bagmati, Shashidwaj Tulachan from Gandaki, Hariram Adhikari from Lumbini, Thekshok Tamang from Karnali, and Mithu Chaudhary from Sudurpashchim provinces. Five individuals have been awarded the Mahakavi Devkota National Award. He award carries a purse of Rs 100 thousand each.

The recipients of the award include Tirtha Shrestha for poetry, Lakshman Gautam for essays, Narayan Dhakal for prose, Kalpana Pradhan for folk literature, and Resham Birahi for language and literature. The Ministry has also honored writer Ram Prasad Ghyawali with the Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya National Award, which also carries a prize of Rs 100 thousand.

Bharat Bahadur Bhandari has been conferred the Gopal Prasad Rimal National Award. A similar award was handed over to Kiran Chamling Rai in the drama category. The award bears Rs 100 thousand. The Yogmaya National Award has been handed over to Neelam Karki Niharika, while the Bhagatsarvajit Manav Maryada Award has been given to Man Bahadur Bishwakarma and Bhim Kant Panthi.

The Yugakavi Siddhicharan Shrestha National Award has been conferred on Devi Prasad Nepal. The award also carries a purse of Rs 100 thousand. Likewise, the Itihas Shironmani Baburam Acharya National Award has been provided to British citizen John Whelpton for his historical research in Nepal. The amount for this award is Rs 200 thousand.

The Shatabdi Purush Satyamohan Joshi National Award has been given to Bina Paudel. Minister for Culture Badri Prasad Pandey handed over the awards in a programme organized in the federal capital, Kathmandu.