PADMA VOBHUSHAN FOR YESUDAS, PAWAR, JOSHI, KOHLI
യേശുദാസിന് പദ്മവിഭൂഷൻ
Yesudas,Congress Party (NCP) leader
Sharad Pawar, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha P.A. Sangma and senior BJP leader
Murli Manohar Joshi were on Wednesday conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second
highest civilian honour in the country.A senior government official said that
this year more than 15 unsung persons were chosen for the awards and special
emphasis was laid on recognition to people who rendered selfless service at the
grassroots.Journalist and political satitrist Cho Ramaswamy, who died last
year, was conferred the Padma Bhushan while spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev was
awarded the Padma Vibhushan.Late Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunder Lal Patwa
was given the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.This year the President of India has
approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons comprising seven Padma
Vibhushans, seven Padma Bhushans and 75 Padma Shri awards; 19 awardees are
women.
Yesudas
honoured
Legendary singer K.J. Yesudas was
accorded the second highest civilian honour. Not many famous film personalities
featured in the list.Musicians and singers were given preference this year with
Grammy-winning musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt being named for Padma Bhushan while
singer Kailash Kher and Anuradha Paudwal were named for Padma Shri.his good
year in cricket, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli was awarded the Padma Shri.
Other sportspersons to be so awarded include Olympian Sakshi Mallik, gymnast
Deepa Karmakar, Vikas Gowda for discus throw and P.R. Sreejesh for hockey.Among
NRIs to be awarded this year are pioneering AIDS researcher Dr. Suniti Solomon,
surbahar artist Imrat Khan and Anuradha Koirala from Nepal for social work.
Among journalists, film critic Bhavna
Somaiya got the Padma Shri, while “Vishwaveena” maestro Vishwa Mohan Bhat was
conferred the Padma Bhushan.
The Padma series of awards are conferred
in three categories- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. While
‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma
Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for
distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of
Republic Day every year. These awards are conferred by the President of India
at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around
March/ April every year.Nonogenarian Bhakti Yadav, popularly known as
"Doctor Dadi" from Indore, and captain of Indian cricket team of
blind Shekhar Naik are among the unsung heroes who were today named for Padma
Shri. Gold medallist at Rio Paralympics Mariyappan Thangavelu also figured in
the list of Padma Shri awardees.
Ms Yadav, 91, is the first woman from
Indore to hold an MBBS degree. She has been treating patients free of cost for
the past 68 years and has helped deliver thousands of babies.Mr. Thangavelu,
who won gold in Rio 2016, is a born fighter. He had suffered permanent
disability in the right leg when he was run over by a drunk bus driver. His
father had abandoned the family and he was raised by his mother who used to
work as a labourer.
Karnataka's Sukri Bommagowda, known as
"Nightingale of Halakki", has been named for Padma Shri for
performing tribal folk music for 58 years.School dropout Jitendra Haripal,
popular as "Rangabati ki Awaz", has been selected for Padma Shri for
his contribution to Odhisa's most popular recorded song "Rangabati"
and being a top exponent of Kosli-Sambalpuri music. Ela Ahmad, 81, from Assam
has been selected for Padma Shri for running the only magazine for women in the
northeast since 1970."Granny with a sword", 76-year-old Meenaakshi
Amma from Kerala, who began her martial art classes at the age of seven, has
also been chosen for Padma Shri.Another person chosen for Padma Shri,
Chintakindi Mallesham from Telangana, invented Laxmi ASU machine to reduce the
time and menial labour required to weave Pochampalli silk sarees.
Daripalli Ramaiah, 68, knows as Chetla
Ramaiah or "The Tree Man" from Telangana has also been selected for
Padma Shri.
Ramaiah is a common man who has
dedicated his life to make India green by planting over one crore trees.
Volunteer fire fighter Bipin Ganatra from West Bengal was decorated with Padma
Shri. He is the only person apart from fire brigade officials who has been to
almost every fire accident site in Kolkata in the last 40 years."Highway
Messiah" Dr Subroto Das has also been named for Padma Shri. He is one of
the pioneers in bringing medical relief to accident victims on national
highways.Girish Bharadwaj, 66-year-old social worker from Karnataka, also known
as "Sethu (bridge) Bandhu", has to his credit building of more than
100 low-cost and eco-friendly suspension bridges connecting remote villages
across India. He has also been selected for Padma Shri.Karimul Haque (52), a
tea garden worker affectionately called "Ambulance Dada", hails from
West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, will be decorated with the award for converting his
bike into an ambulance offering a 24x7 service.
Another person in the Padma Shri list is
"Swacchhta Doot" from Pune's Dehu village, Dr Mapuskar (88), who
dedicated his life to make his village open defecation free beginning as early
as in the 1960s. Balbir Singh Seechewal, 51, from Punjab will be honoured with
the award for rendering social service and resurrecting 160-km-long river Kali
Bein in the state by mobilising local youths and volunteers in the mission.Gujarat's
Genabhai Dargabhai Patel (52) is a "divyang" farmer and has taken
huge efforts to make his drought-hit village in Banaskantha district become the
largest producer of pomegranate in the country. Also known as "Anar
Dada", he will be conferred Padma Shri.
രാജ്യത്തെ പ്രമോന്നത സിവിലിയൻ ബഹുമതികളിൽ ഒന്നായ പദ്മ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. ഗായകൻ യേശുദാസിന് പദ്മവിഭൂഷൺ ഉൾപ്പടെ 6 മലയാളികൾക്ക്
പദ്മ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ ലഭിച്ചു.പാറശാല ബി പൊന്നമ്മാൾ, കഥകളി ആചാര്യൻ ചേമഞ്ചേരി കുഞ്ഞിരാമൻ, ഹോക്കി താരം ശ്രീജേഷ്, കവി അക്കിത്തം അച്യുതൻ നമ്പൂതിരി, ആയോധനകലാ വിദഗ്ദ മീനാക്ഷിയമ്മ എന്നിവർക്കാണ് കേരളത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പദ്മശ്രീ പുരസ്കാരം ലഭിച്ചത്.ഇന്ത്യൻ ക്രിക്കറ്റ് ടീം ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ വിരാട് കോഹ്ലിക്കും, ഒളിമ്പിക്സ്
താരങ്ങളായ ദീപ കർമ്മാക്കർ, സാക്ഷി മാലിക് എന്നിവർക്കും പദ്മശ്രീ ലഭിച്ചു.
Prof. John Kurakar
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