Ramnath Kovind, the President of India, will be distributing the Padma Awards today and honor the recipients. Along with “
Ilaiyaraaja
,” the Music maestro from Tamilnadu, 84 people are receiving the awards. Padma Vibhushan will be given to three people, including Ilaiyaraaja and Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and eight others will receive the Padma Bhushan and 72 people including the folk singer
Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan
will get Padma Shri from Ramnath Kovind. The awards are given in the categories including art, education, literature, medicine, sports, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry and civil service. At this award event, PM of India,
Narendra Modi
and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will also be seen. Yesterday, the Internal Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh welcomed the Padma awards recipients and gave them a special dinner.