The group of artist Amber Gurung, who inhaled his last at Grande Hospital in Dhapasi in the small hours of Tuesday morning, is been taken to Kamladi-based Academy Hall in Kathmandu for conclusive tributes. According to suggestions from Buddhist priests, the body was taken out of the hospital at 9:55 am today. His body will be kept on the premises of Academy Hall until 3 pm today for his well-wishers to pay their final respects. Gurung was the first Academician of Music and Drama Academy. His final rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat according to Hindu traditions, said his second son Raju Gurung.
At a press meet organised this morning, Grande Hospital Director Dr Chakraraj Pandey said Gurung’s condition was beyond the control of medicines. “We lost the battle against Gurung’s disease.” Gurung was brought to the hospital a week ago after he started vomiting immediately after eating. Alongside the National Anthem 'Sayaun Thunga Fulka Hami', Gurung had made more than a 1,000 melodies, including the time characterizing numbers Nau Lakhe Tara and Rato Ra Chandra Surya. Gurung was likewise a lyricist and artist.
Gurung, 78, had for quite some time been experiencing diabetes and Parkinson's illness.
In the wake of experiencing a treatment at the Medanta Hospital in New Delhi, Gurung had come back to Nepal on March 30 this, prior year being admitted to the Grande Hospital on May 30.
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