Rama Adhikari
Kathmandu, Oct 13
Senior classical singer and chairperson of Kalanidhi Indira Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Indira Shresha has passed away. According to family sources, the 81 year old singer breathed her last on Tuesday at her own residence in Thapathali, Kathmandu. A patient of diabetes and hypertension, singer Shrestha had undergone a heart surgery in the near past.
Singer Shrestha, a master in music, had donated her home for establishing the Kalanidhi Indira Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, a music school that has produced dozens of talented singers and musicians. From her personal earning, she had also established two trusts that honored and awarded talents working in the field of music. Her demise is a great loss for Nepali music.