Awards and Recognition
He has been awarded with the prestigious Mahendra Pragya Puraskar' and honored by Late King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Suva-Rajyabhishek Padak 1957, Jaanpad Sewa Padak 1966, Dirgha Sewa Padak, Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Suva-Rajyabhishek Padak 1974, Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Gaddhi Aarohan Padak 1996, Second Prize winner in Nepal Udyog Pradarsani, Cash'Prize in Third convention (1939) - Prize in Third convention (1943), many national and international medals. Once Shrestha along with artist Uttam Nepali and sculptor Thakur Prasad Mainali, the pillars of Nepali fine arts and toilers in the field for more than five decades, were honoured by Parashu Narayan Chaudhary, Chairman of Rajsabha Standing Committee, at a function organised by Lalitkala Critics’ Society. Shrestha has also received Saraswati Samman 2008 delivered by Lunakarandas Gangadevi Chaudhary Kala Sahitya Mandir on 3 August 2008.
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