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Padma Awards 2024

Padma Awards - one of the country's highest civilian Awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz.- art,
social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry,
medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service. ‘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.
For 2024, the President has approved the conferment of
132 Padma Awards. The list of awardees in the performing arts category are
listed below.
Padma Vibhushan
Smt. Vyjayantimala Bali and Dr Padma Subrahmanyam
Padma Shri
Name |
State |
Genre |
Shri Badrappan M |
Tamil Nadu |
Folk (Valli Oyil
Kummi) |
Shri Kaluram Bamaniya |
Madhya Pradesh |
Kabir Bhajan Singer |
Ms. Rezwana Choudhury Bannya |
Bangladesh |
Rabindra Sangeet |
Shri Ramlal Bareth |
Chhattisgarh |
Kathak |
Ms. Gita Roy Barman |
West Bengal |
Rajbanshi
community's Bhawaiya folk songs |
Shri Som Datt Battu |
Himachal Pradesh |
Hindustani Music -
patiala gharana |
Shri Drona Bhuyan |
Assam |
Folk dance |
Ms. Anupama Hoskere |
Karnataka |
Puppeteer |
Shri Jankilal |
Rajasthan |
Folk (Behupriya) |
Shri Ratan Kahar |
West Bengal |
Folk Singer |
Shri Dasari Kondappa |
Telangana |
Burra Veena |
Ms. Uma Maheshwari D |
Andhra Pradesh |
Harikatha |
Shri Ram Kumar Mallick |
Bihar |
Drupad |
Shri Narayanan E P |
Kerala |
Theyyam |
Shri Bhagabat Padhan |
Odisha |
Folk - Sabda Nrutya |
Shri Binod Kumar Pasayat |
Odisha |
Lyricist/playwright |
Ms. Silbi Passah |
Meghalaya |
Folk music |
Shri Romalo Ram |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Folk music |
Shri Pran Sabharwal |
Punjab |
Theatre |
Shri Gaddam Sammaiah |
Telangana |
Chindu Yakshaganam |
Shri Omprakash Sharma |
Madhya Pradesh |
Folk Theatre - Mach |
Shri Seshampatti T Sivalingam |
Tamil Nadu |
Nagaswaram |
Ms. Urmila Srivastava |
Uttar Pradesh |
Kajri Singer |
Shri Gopinath Swain |
Odisha |
Krishna Leela singer |
Shri Laxman Bhatt Tailang |
Rajasthan |
Drupad |
Shri Balakrishnan Sadanam PuthiyaVeetil |
Kerala |
Kathakali |