Padma Awards ceremony in pictures: Prabhu Deva, Mohanlal, Sharath Kamal among 47 honoured by President
Forty-seven prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
Forty-seven prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. [IN PHOTO | Former foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar gets the Padma Shri] (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to Bajrang Punia, Asian Game medallist in wrestling, in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
85-year-old Carnatic music exponent Kadamputharamadom Gopalan Thanthri Jayan being awarded by President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Bhushan to Bihar leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Bhushan to former CEO of multinational techno giant Cisco systems John Chambers in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to actor, dancer, choreographer and director Prabhu Deva in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Bhushan to ace Malayalam actor Mohanlal in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to Indian chess grandmaster Harika Dronavalli in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to Indian percussionist Anandan Sivamani (or 'Drums Sivamani) in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to table tennis ace Sharath Kamal Achanta in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
Actor, dancer, choreographer and director Prabhu Deva at the Padma awards ceremony in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Bhushan to Karia Munda, former Deputy Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
President Ram Nath Kovind awards the Padma Shri to music composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan in New Delhi on 11 March 2019. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
![Forty-seven prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday. [IN PHOTO | Former foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar gets the Padma Shri] (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)](http://media.assettype.com/TNIE%2Fimport%2F2019%2F3%2F11%2Foriginal%2FSJaishankar.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
