The Union Home Ministry said the President has approved the conferment of 119 Padma awards — seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan is India's second-highest civilian award
Eminent sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo from Odisha was on Monday named for this year’s Padma Vibhushan, while writer-illustrator Narayan Debnath, Mithila painter Dulari Devi, and Rajasthani music artiste Lakha Khan were awarded Padma Shri.
Famous illustrator of children’s magazine Chandamama KC Sivasankar will be awarded the Padma Shri posthumously.
The Union Home Ministry said the President has approved the conferment of 119 Padma awards — seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan is India’s second-highest civilian award.
Twenty-nine women are among the Padma awardees and the list also includes 10 people from the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO AND OCI and one transgender.
Violinist Rama Swamy Annavarapu from Andhra Pradesh; Villupattu theatre art exponent Subbu Arumugam from Tamil Nadu; Bhuri Bai, a Bhil artist proficient in Pithora paintings, from Madhya Pradesh; artist Puranamasi Jani from Odisha; transgender folk artist Matha B. Manjamma Jogati from Karnataka also made it to the Padma Shri list.
Sari weavers Biren Kumar Basak from West Bengal and Radhe Devi from Manipur will also be conferred the fourth-highest civilian award.
Puppeteers Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane from Maharashtra, K Kesavasamy from Puducherry, and K K Ramachandra Pulavar from Kerala will also receive the Padma Shri.
Assamese singer Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat, Bhojpuri folk dancer Ramchandra Manjhi, folklorist Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar from Goa, folk singer Dulal Manki from Assam, musicians Rewben Mashangva from Manipurand Satyaram Reang from Tripura, artist Kanaka Raju from Telangana and mridangam exponent Nidumolu Sumathi from Andhra Pradesh will be honoured with the Padma Shri.
From the category of foreigners awarded Padma Shri are British theatre director Peter Brook, Indonesia artist and scholar Wayan Dibia, and musicologist Sanjida Khatun from Bangladesh.
Here’s a full list of Padma Awardees in art
Padma Vibhushan
Out of the seven Padma Vibhushan awardees, two of them are from the art field with renowned musician S P Balasubramaniam who passed away in September 2020 being posthumously awarded from Tamil Nadu, and Odisha’s eminent sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo known for developing Sudarshan Crafts Museum, Puri in 1977 among other works, being awarded with India’s highest civilian honour.
Padma Bhushan
Carnatic singer Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra has been awarded Padma Bhushan in the art category. She has sung across film industries including Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi.
Padma Shri
Writer-illustrator Narayan Debnath, Rajasthani music artiste Lakha Khan, and Mithila painter Dulari Devi have been awarded Padma Shri.
Take a look!
Gulfam Ahmed Art Uttar Pradesh
Rama Swamy Annavarapu Art Andhra Pradesh
Subbu Arumugam Art Tamil Nadu
Bhuri Bai Art Madhya Pradesh
Radhe Shyam Barle Art Chhattisgarh
Biren Kumar Basak Art West Bengal
Peter Brook Art United Kingdom
Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat Art Assam
Narayan Debnath Art West Bengal
Dulari Devi Art Bihar
Radhe Devi Art Manipur
Wayan Dibia Art Indonesia
Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane Art Maharashtra
Nidumolu Sumathi Art Andhra Pradesh
K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) Art Tamil Nadu
Kartar Paras Ram Singh Art Himachal Pradesh
Kartar Singh Art Punjab
Purnamasi Jani Art Odisha
Satyaram Reang Art Tripura
Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Art Tamil Nadu
Kanaka Raju Art Telangana
K K Ramachandra Pulavar Art Kerala
Rewben Mashangva Art Manipur
Ramachandra Manjhi Art Bihar
Shri Dulal Manki Art Assam
Lajwanti Art Punjab
Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar Art Goa
Sanjida Khatun Art Bangladesh
Ghulam Rasool Khan Art Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Lakha Khan Art Rajasthan
K Kesavasamy Art Puducherry
Matha B. Manjamma Jogati Art Karnataka
Damodaran Kaithapram Art Kerala
Maheshbhai and Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous) Art Gujarat
K Kesavasamy Art Puducherry
Ghulam Rasool Khan Art Jammu and Kashmir
Lakha Khan Art Rajasthan
Sanjida Khatun Art Bangladesh
Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar Art Goa
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