Jagadamba-Shree and Madan puraskar presented

Kathmandu : The Madan Puraskar Guthi has presented the ‘Jagadamba-Shress’ and ‘Madan Puraskar’ for the year 2074. Child litterateur Shanta Das Manandhar was honoured with the Jagadama-Shree award while the Madan Puraskar was presented to Nilam Karki Niharika for her novel ‘Yogmaya’.
President of the Trust Kunda Dixit handed over the prizes at a function held here on Thursday. Both the prizes carry a purse of Rs. 200,000 each. The Madan puraskar was instituted in 2012 B.S. while the Jagadamba Shree award was established in memory of Queen Jagadamba who passed away in 2045 B.S.