The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation awarded 47 individuals across various categories during a ceremony on Thursday.
Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Hit Bahadur Tamang, presented certificates and cash prizes to the honorees. The awards included the National and Provincial Talent Awards, Mahakavi Devkota Award, B.P. Award, Itihas Shiromani Baburam Acharya National Award, Yogmaya National Award, Aadhikavi Bhanu Bhakta National Award, Yugkavi Siddhicharan Shrestha National Award, Satya Mohan Joshi National Award, Puspalal National Award, and Bhagat Sarvajit Manav Maryada National Award.
National and Provincial Talent Awards were bestowed in fields such as language and literature, music, drama, culture, and fine arts. Basanta Bahadur Barhakoti, Kedar Prasad Pathak, Santa Kumar Shakya, and Maila Lama received the National Talent Award, while provincial talent awards were given to Ram Bikram Thapa, Raju Maharajan, Bhim Bahadur, Rima KC, Man Bahadur Chaudhary, and 28 others.
Shreehari Phuyal, Roshan Thapa ‘Niraw’, Abinasha Shrestha, Pramod Pradhan, and Govindaraj Binod were honored with the Mahakavi Devkota Award, and Sanman Chemjong and Sunil Pokharel received the Gopal Prasad Rimal National Award.
The B.P. Award was presented to Kishorkumar Adhikari, Homnath Dahal, Professor Dr. Hari Prasad Parajuli, and Professor Yogendra Prasad Yadav, while Professor Dr. Jagdish Chandra Regmi received the Itihas Shiromani Baburam Acharya National Award, Professor Dr. Govinda Man Singh Karki was awarded the Yogmaya National Award, and Narayan Sharma (Dahal) received the Aadhikavi Bhanu Bhakta National Award. Dr. Phadindra Niraula was honored with the Yugkavi Siddhicharan Shrestha National Award, and Chhatra Bahadur Kayastha received the Satya Mohan Joshi National Award.
Similarly, Siddhilal Singh, Chaturbhuj Aatreya, and Dr. Bishownath Singh were awarded the Puspalal National Award, and Raju Pariyar, Anadhasorupa Verma, Meghraj Sharma, and Jhapendra Bahadur Gharti Chettri received the Bhagat Sarvajit Manav Maryada National Award.
