{"id":433115,"date":"2026-07-26T06:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T01:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=433115"},"modified":"2026-07-26T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T01:03:09","slug":"madan-krishna-shrestha-among-five-honoured-with-44th-chhinnalata-song-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/07\/26\/433115.html","title":{"rendered":"Madan Krishna Shrestha Among Five Honoured with 44th Chhinnalata Song Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kathmandu, July 26:<\/strong> Veteran comedian and singer Madan Krishna Shrestha was among five distinguished figures honoured at the 44th Chhinnalata Song Awards, held in Kathmandu on Saturday to mark the 104th birth anniversary of renowned lyricist Ramola Devi Shah &#8216;Chhinnalata&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-4.jpg 678w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/images-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal presented the awards during a ceremony organised by the Chhinnalata Song Award Guthi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shrestha received the prestigious Chhinnalata Song Special Award 2082, which carries a cash prize of Rs 100,000, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Nepali music and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chhinnalata Song Award, also carrying Rs 100,000 each, was presented to senior lyricist Dr Nawaraj Lamsal, music composer Kiran Kandel, and singer Bimala Rai for their significant contributions to Nepali music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, singer Sarika Ghimire received the Chhinnalata Song Youth Talent Award 2082, accompanied by a cash prize of Rs 50,000, recognising her emerging talent in the music industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the event, Guthi Secretary Dinesh Adhikari said the awards are dedicated to honouring individuals who have made remarkable contributions to the promotion and enrichment of Nepali music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the awards were established in 2039 BS, the Guthi has honoured 40 lyricists, 39 music composers, 41 singers, and 41 young talents, recognising excellence across different fields of Nepali music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, July 26: Veteran comedian and singer Madan Krishna Shrestha was among five distinguished figures honoured at the 44th Chhinnalata Song Awards, held in Kathmandu on Saturday to mark the 104th birth anniversary of renowned lyricist Ramola Devi Shah &#8216;Chhinnalata&#8217;. Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal presented the awards during a ceremony organised by the Chhinnalata Song &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":433116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-433115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433119,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433115\/revisions\/433119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433115"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=433115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}