The Government of India announced the Padma Award recipients ahead of Republic Day, honouring 131 personalities across arts, sports, cinema, literature, and public service. Late actor Dharmendra received a posthumous award, celebrating contributions in diverse fields that shaped India’s cultural and social landscape.


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Ajith Kumar, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Shekhar Kapur are some of the notable names from the entertainment industry who received the Padma Bhushan from President Droupadi Murmu on Monday evening in New Delhi. Meanwhile singers Arijit Singh, Jaspinder Narula and actress Mamata Shankar received the Padma Shri for their contribution in the field of arts.

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Ajith Kumar, Nandamuri Balakrishna, and Shekhar Kapur are some of the notable names from the entertainment industry who received the Padma Bhushan from President Droupadi Murmu on Monday evening in New Delhi.

Ajith Kumar, Shekhar Kapur, Nandamuri Balakrishna receive Padma Awards from President Murmu

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Indian President Droupadi Murmu announced the prestigious Padma Awards on the eve of Republic Day on January 25. This year, the President has approved of 132 Padma Awards including 2 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). Among these 132 awards, 5 are Padma Vibhushan, 17 are Padma Bhushan and 110 are Padma Shri. 30 of the awardees are women in the list, including 8 foreign persons and 9 posthumous awardees. Watch to know more!

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India has conferred Padma Award to Indonesia's Dr I. Wayan Dibia for art related to Ramayana and Mahabharata. He has created more than 150 new works on dance and dance dramas, mostly exploring both the Hindu Epics. Indian culture has impacted Bali since 5th century and 9 different art forms in the province utilizing the epics. Speaking to WION's diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, he said,"people of Bali are very familiar with Mahabharata and Ramayana. The people Java too. Java Bali are areas where Ramayana and Mahabharata are very important. That is the literature we use in my performing arts..To Bali people it's not just literature, it is Itihas, story of Gods, the journey of Gods, the philosophical way of life ".

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India has conferred Padma Award to Indonesia's Agus Indra Udayana for his work in promoting Gandhian values in the archipelago nation. The ashram gives scholarship to 45 students for education and life in Ashram follows "simplicity of Mahatma Gandhi". Speaking to WION's diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, he said, "It was a surprise for me...I say thank to President Kovind and PM Modi" Udayana said, highlighting, "we should live very simple...Gandhi ji's idea's very simple.." His Ashram has been visited by 2 Indonesian President has been to the Ashram-Megawati Sukarnoputri and Abdurrahman Wahid. Both of them also were honored at the Indonesian embassy.

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