Padma Bhushan for MS Dhoni and Ilayaraja gets Padma Vibhushan

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apnewscorner

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Posted: 8 years ago

Government of India has announced the Nation's 2nd highest Civilian award named Padma Vibhushan to Ilayaraja the famous music director Down South. https://goo.gl/aD2XWJ

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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 8 years ago

YAAAYYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤗😭

I'm so happy for Ilayaraja <3 ..the LEAST he could've got, considering what a huge place he has in the hearts of music lovers, especially in South India! Can we imagine the South Indian music industry of 80s-90s without his music?!

Too happy. ❤️🥳

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Posted: 8 years ago

amazing both Illayraja and Dhoni

one the maestro of music and the other the king of kings in cricket

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Posted: 8 years ago

Long time coming for Ilayaraja!! He should've been given this years ago! Dhoni getting a honour was expected. Surprised he didn't get the Bharat Ratna though- But then again, that's extremely difficult to get!

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Posted: 8 years ago

the quality of padma awardees has significantly increased ..

vasudev gopalan or professor verma ..

congratulations to ms, ilayaraja

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Posted: 8 years ago

Padma Vibhushan to the musical maestro ⭐️. It's a long overdue for the legendary musician.

Along with Dhoni, billiards champion Pankaj Advani has also been conferred with the Padma Bhushan.

And some interesting and deserving Padma awardees this time on the list.

Congratulations to all the winners!!

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Posted: 8 years ago

wow..congrats to Ilayarajaji and DHONI🥳

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Posted: 8 years ago

Congrates to Dhoni and IIayaraja..

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Repeating last year's trend, the government has once again conferred the coveted Padma awards on a cross-section of "unsung" achievers who have contributed to diverse fields such as social welfare, arts, traditional medicine and healing, and even recycling of waste, all while keeping well away from the spotlight.

The Padma awards list for this year seems to have kept out Lutyens hanger-ons and Bollywood stars, and honours doctors who have been working for social welfare. "This is a recognition for Bharat and not for the high-profile set," said a senior Cabinet minister.

None of the 85 awardees are from Delhi, which until a couple of years ago accounted for a significant share of Padma awards. As many as 16 awardees are foreigners, PIOs or NRIs from countries including Russia (late Russian ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin), Singapore (Tommy Koh for public affairs), Saudi Arabia (Nouf Marwaai, the first certified yoga instructor in Saudi Arabia and founder of Arab Yoga Foundation), Japan, Indonesia and the US.

Seven have been honoured in the fields of spiritualism and yoga. P Parameswaran, a Hindutva thinker and senior RSS ideologue who has been instrumental in building the Sangh in Kerala, has been conferred the Padma Vibushan.

The Padma Shri list features Rani and Abhay Bang, doctors who, over the past 30 years, have transformed healthcare in Naxalite-infested Gadchiroli, Maharashtra; 'Reptile Rom' Romulus Whitaker, a wildlife conservationist and herpetologist working in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu; Arvind Gupta, an IIT-Kanpur alumnus who has been inspiring students to transform household trash into toys; and Lakshmikutty, a tribal from Kerala who has the recipe for 500 herbal medicines stored in her memory and has cured many snake and insect bites.

Also included are Bhajju Shyam, a night guard and electrician-turned traditional Gond tribal artist whose paintings have been exhibited across several European nations; Sudhanshu Biswas, a 99-year old freedom fighter who runs schools, orphanages and dispensaries in West Bengal; and M R Rajagopal from Kerala who offers palliative care to terminally-ill patients.

Others decorated with the Padma Shri are Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan, an art exponent who preserves Tamil folk and tribal music and has even compiled an encyclopedia of the same; former 'Devdasi' Sitavva Joddati, who has worked for women's empowerment, especially of Devdasis, for three decades in Belgaum; oldest yoga teacher V Nanammal from Tamil Nadu; and Lentina Ao Thakkar, a Gandhian from Nagaland.