New Delhi: A war veteran doctor, who has been treating underprivileged people for five decades, two expert snake catchers and a 67-year old woman, who has woven the Bhagavad Gita on silk in Sanskrit, have figured in the list of this year’s Padma awardees.Many of the awardees are unsung heroes who have been silently working for the betterment of society and people, and whom the Narendra Modi government has been honouring ever since it came to power in 2014, officials said.
The list of 106 distinguished personalities — six Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees — include an agricultural scientist who is famous as the ‘Millet Man of India’, a doctor from Andaman and Nicobar Islands who saved the Jarawa tribe from extinction and a man who created India’s one of the favourite drinks ‘Rasna’. S L Bhyrappa, a widely-acclaimed Kannada author whose work has been translated into over 14 languages, has been named for Padma Bhushan.S L Bhyrappa, a widely-acclaimed Kannada author whose work has been translated into over 14 languages, has been named for Padma Bhushan.
Vani Jairam, a legendary singer from Tamil Nadu with over 20,000 songs in 18 languages to her credit; Swami Chinna Jeeyar, a vedic scholar and spiritual leader from Karnataka and Kapil Kapoor, a Delhi-based professor who is widely known for his books on Indian grammatical theories and models, were also honoured with Padma Bhushan. Sukama Acharya, an Arya Samaj spiritual leader from Haryana who has been providing vedic education to girls; Munishwar Chanddawar, a retired Army doctor and 1971 Bangladesh war veteran, who has been treating underprivileged people in Jabalpur for the past 50 years; and Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan, the two Irula expert snake catchers from Tamil Nadu who were recognised for disseminating their skills and training across the world, were given Padma Shri.Hemoprava Chutia, an eminent weaver from Assam who is known for weaving Bhagavad Gita on silk in Sanskrit; Subhadra Devi, an 87 years old Madhubani Papier Mache artist from Bihar who has been promoting the art globally for over the past six decades; and Karnataka’s Khadar Valli Dudekula, who is famous as the ‘Millet Man of India’ and known for having revived five types of disappearing millets, were given Padma Shri.
War veteran doctor, snake catchers, ‘Rasna’ creator among Padma awardees
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