He was one of the most significant Nepali folk singers. He was known for popularising Gaine Geet or Gandarbha Sangeet, a popular type of folk song sang only by the Gaine or Gandarbha ethnic group of Nepal. He was the first Gaine singer to record Gaine song and is respected for bringing voice of indigenous and ordinary people into the mass media. Aamale Sodhlin Ni ... (mother may ask) is by far his most popular song, which intones the death of a Nepali soldier on a foreign battle ground.