Music maestros Ilayaraja and Ghulam Mustafa Khan have been awarded Padma Vibhushan, along with RSS thinker and orator P Paramsewaran from Kerala. President of India conferred 85 Padama Awards on the eve of Republic Day on Thursday.
The list comprises three Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri awards. Fourteen of the awardees are women.
Padma Bhushan was awarded to former Indian cricket Capitan Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Billiards/Snooker player Pankaj Advani, Arch Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom and Bihar’s noted musician Shradha Sinha. Russian Ambabassador Alexander Kadamik was awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously. Badminton player Kidambi Srikant was awarded Padma Shri.