Personal Life
He was married to Badri Kumari Manandhar at the age of 24 and had three sons: Gauri shankar, Rabi Shankar and Shashi Shankar. None of them followed a career in music. Badri Kumari supported the family economically by running a family business. She died in September 1998.
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