Myagdi, June 25: Author Chandra Prakash Baniya, who is also the recipient of the Madan Puraskar, has been conferred on the ‘Surya Narayan Award’ here Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baniya is the author of seminal book ‘Maharani’ for which he had bagged the Madan Puraskar, a prestigious award in Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Surya Narayan Puraskar Foundation organized a programme at Beni on Monday and honoured Prof Dr Karna Bahadur Baniya and author Baniya along with the cash prize of Rs 25,000 to each. A letter of appreciation and shawl were also offered to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The award was instituted in the name of social activist Surya Narayan Shrestha. It is awarded every two years to the persons hailing from Myagdi who plays a vital role on promotion and protection of culture, arts and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author Baniya was also elected from constituency no 2 of Myagdi district through the 2048 general election. He has a tremendous role on elevating the Nepali literature, according to Foundation’s secretary, Ajay Milan Shrestha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the Maharani, Baniya has extensively written non fictions and essays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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