New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday approved the conferment of Padma awards to music composer Illaiyaraja, Indian classical musician Ghulam Mustafa Khan, billiards player Pankaj Advani, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and folk singer from Bihar Sharda Sinha.


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Three people will be given the Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri awards.


Following is the full list:


Padma Vibhushan


Illaiyaraja, Art-Music, Tamil Nadu


Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Art-Music, Maharashtra


Parameswaran, Literature, Kerala


Padma Bhushan


Pankaj Advani, Billiards, Karnataka


Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Spiritualism, Kerala


Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cricket, Jharkhand


Alexander Kadakin, Public Affairs, Russia


Ramachandran Nagaswamy, Archaeology, Tamil Nadu


Ved Prakash Nanda, Literature, USA


Laxman Pai, Art, Goa


Arvind Parikh, Art, Maharashtra


Sharda Sinha, Art, Bihar


Padma Shri


Abhay Bang and Rani Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra


Damodar Ganesh Bapat Social Work Chhattisgarh


Prafulla Govinda Baruah Journalism Assam


Mohan Swaroop Bhatia Art UP


Sudhanshu Biswas Social Work West Bengal


Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting Manipur


Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi Literature Chhattisgarh


Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III Industry Philippines


Langpoklakpam S Devi Art Manipur


Somdev Devvarman Tennis Tripura


Yeshi Dhoden Medicine Himachal Pradesh


Arup Kumar Dutta Literature Assam


Doddarange Gowda Art Karnataka


Arvind Gupta Literature Maharashtra


Digamber Hansda Literature Jharkhand


Ramli Bin Ibrahim Art Malaysia


Anwar Jalalpuri Literature UP


Piyong Temjen Jamir Literature Nagaland


Sitavva Joddati Social Work Karnataka


Malti Joshi Literature Madhya Pradesh


Manoj Joshi Art Maharashtra


Rameshwarlal Kabra Trade Maharashtra


Pran Kishore Kaul Art Jammu and Kashmir


Bounlap Keokangna Architecture Laos


Vijay Kichlu Art West Bengal


Tommy Koh Public Affairs Singapore


Lakshmikutty Medicine-Traditional Kerala


Joyshree Goswami Mahanta Literature Assam


Narayan Das Maharaj Spiritualism Rajasthan


Pravakara Maharana Art Odisha


Hun Many Public Affairs Cambodia


Nouf Marwaai Yoga Saudi Arabia


Zaverilal Mehta Journalism Gujarat


Krishna Bihari Mishra Literature West Bengal


Sisir Purushottam Mishra Art Maharashtra


Subhasini Mistry Social Work West Bengal


Tomio Mizokami Literature Japan


Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong Spiritualism Thailand


Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Literature Madhya Pradesh


Thant Myint Public Affairs Myanmar


V Nanammal Yoga Tamil Nadu


Sulagitti Narasamma Social Work Karnataka


Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan Art Tamil Nadu


I Nyoman Nuarta Art Indonesia


Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Social Work Brunei


Gobaradhan Panika Art Odisha


Bhabani Charan Pattanaik Public Affairs Odisha


Murlikant Petkar Sports Maharashtra


Habibullo Rajabov Education Tajikistan


M R Rajagopal Medicine Kerala


Sampat Ramteke Social Work Maharashtra


Chandra Sekhar Rath Literature Odisha


S S Rathore Civil Service Gujarat


Amitava Roy Science West Bengal


Sanduk Ruit Medicine Nepal


R Sathyanarayana Art Karnataka


Pankaj M Shah Medicine Gujarat


Bhajju Shyam Art Madhya Pradesh


Maharao Raghuveer Singh Literature Rajasthan


Kidambi Srikanth Badminton Andhra Pradesh


Ibrahim Sutar Art Karnataka


Siddeshwara Swamiji Spiritualism Karnataka


Lentina Ao Thakkar Social Work Nagaland


Vikram Chandra Thakur Science Uttarakhand


Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) Art Karnataka


Nguyen Tien Thien Spiritualism Vietnam


Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Literature UP


Rajagopalan Vasudevan Science Tamil Nadu


Manas Bihari Verma Science Bihar


Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji Literature Maharashtra


Romulus Whitaker Wildlife Conservation Tamil Nadu


Baba Yogendra Art Madhya Pradesh


A Zakia Literature Mizoram


(With PTI inputs)