Folk musician and Padma Shri awardee Sonam Tshering Lepcha passed away at Kalimpong on 30 July 2020 due to old age ailments at the age of 92 years.
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Lepcha, who was born in Kalimpong in 1928, is survived by two wives and several children.
He started his career as a soldier. He travelled to various parts of Sikkim and complied a wide range of Indian folk and traditional Lepcha songs and played folk music on All India Radio in 1960.
He was highly reverred in Sikkim, where he spent much of his time for his role in the revival of Lepcha culture, which is an indigenous one in Sikkim.
He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of folk music.