Who Won the 2023 Padma Shree Awards for Art?

Who Won the 2023 Padma Shree Awards for Art?

Honoring creative achievement is important because it serves to emphasize the importance of Indian art in society. Additionally, it promotes a stronger understanding and appreciation of one’s cultural customs. One of India’s highest civilian honors, the Padma Award is given by the Indian President. Guess which category is one of our favorites? Obviously, it is art!

People who excel in music, painting, sculpture, photography, film, theatre, etc. are recognized in the 2023 Padma Awards’ Art category. So, here they are: the artists who excelled in arts and crafts and were awarded the Padma Shri in 2023.

 

• Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga

Jodhaiya Bai Baiga is an Indian fine artist who was born in 1939. Baiga resides in the Madhya Pradesh village of Lorha in the Umaria district. She has a daughter and two sons. She made money by selling firewood, compost, and forest-grown nuts.

After her spouse passed away while she was in her forties, she began to paint. Her artistic approach has been compared to that of Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam. She used to only paint on canvas and paper, but these days she also works with clay, metal, and wood; her grandson makes the masks she paints. She draws inspiration from traditional Baiga artifacts like the mahua tree. Paris, Milan, Bhopal, Delhi, and many other cities. 

 

•  Shri Premjit Baria

Shri Premjit Baria hails from Diu and is an eminent miniature painter specializing in contemporary art. 

• Usha Barle

Usha Barle, a Pandwani singer, has been named a recipient of the Padma Shri award by the Indian government. This distinction is being handed to her in the Pandwani singing industry. She has studied Pandwani with Padma Vibhushan Teejanbai, a well-known Pandwani vocalist. She has performed Pandwani in a number of Indian states, as well as in cities like London and New York. The Chhattisgarh government has given Pandwani the Guru Ghasidas Samajik Chetna Puraskar. Additionally, she has received six gold medals at Girodhpuri Tapobhoomi. She started working in this field of art when she was 7 years old. She has been singing Pandwani ever since.

• Hemant Chauhan

Hemant Chauhan is an Indian singer and music composer who is known for his devotional and folk music in the Gujarati language. He has been associated with the music industry for several decades and has recorded numerous albums, many of which have become very popular in the Gujarati community. Hemant Chauhan is also known for his devotional and spiritual songs, which have a large following among religious people in India.

• Shri Bhanubhai Chitara

Shri Bhanubhai Chitara is a Chunara Kalamkari artist of the seventh generation. Ancient epics like the Mahabharata and Ramayana influence his paintings. He is continuing the 400-year-old heritage of Mata ni Pachedi. Produced in Andhra Pradesh, kalamkari is an Indian craft that involves hand-painting cotton textiles.

 

• Ms. Hemoprova Chutia 

Ms. Hemoprova Chutia is one of the Assamese ladies who was able to weave more than just her dreams onto silk. She has woven the Bhagavad Gita on silk in two different pieces, one in Sanskrit and one in English. She also included the sixteenth-century Naam Ghosa in one of her designs. Her most notable creation is a bespoke cotton and wool garment that she wove with the entire Gunamala written by Assamese Saint Srimanta Shankardev.

• Ms. Subhadra Devi 

Ms. Subhadra Devi demonstrated that there are no age restrictions on protecting art. She has been promoting this Indian art since she was 87 years old and is a Madhubani Papier Mache artist from Bihar. While growing up at her parent’s home in Manigachi, Darbhanga, she observed the seniors in her family master this craft.

• Shri Hem Chandra Goswami

Shri Hem Chandra Goswami is a well-known Indian artist well recognized for his work on Sattriya masks. He is a native of Majuli and has worked to promote, innovate, and preserve the ceremonial mask-making tradition in Assam. He produces his masks using bamboo, cloth, and a combination of cow dung and earth, an art he inherited from his father Rudra Kanta.

 specializes in Kantha embroidery. She has been teaching rural women how to create this art for the past 50 years and hopes that receiving the Padma Shri will encourage other women to learn this ancient Indian craft. She started working as an embroiderer and seamstress 50 years ago to help support her family.

• Ahmed Hussain and Mohammed Hussain 

Ahmed Hussain and Mohammed Hussain are Indian ghazal artists. They are two brothers who sing classical ghazals. Born in Rajasthan as sons of the famous ghazal and thumri singer Ustad Afzal Hussain, the duo touches genres like Indian classical music and bhajan as well as ghazal. They have performed on numerous stages in India and around the world and have recorded several albums of classical music and devotional songs. They have a large following among classical music lovers and are considered among India’s leading exponents of classical music.

• Shri Dilshad Hussain

Indian artist Shri Dilshad Hussain is a master craftsman of Brass Nakashi’s work from Moradabad and has been spreading the art worldwide. He talked about how, as a boy, he used to watch his grandfather make brass, and that when he got older, his uncle Kallu Ansar taught him the technique.

• Mahipat Kavi

The Padma Shri award has been given to Gujarati puppeteer Mahipat Kavi.

• Shri M M Keeravaani

M. Keeravani, also known as M. M. Kreem, is a well-known Indian music composer and singer who has worked in the South Indian film industry, primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in the Indian film industry and is known for his versatile and soulful compositions. Keeravani has won several awards for his contributions to the film industry, including several Filmfare Awards and Nandi Awards. He has also been honored with several titles, such as “Annammacarya” and “King of Melody.” Keeravani is considered to be a leading figure in South Indian film music and continues to be an influential presence in the industry.

• Parshuram Komaji Khune

Parshuram Komaji Khune, a Zadipatti theatre artist from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, has received the prestigious Padma Shri.

 

• Shri Maguni Charan Kunr

The recipient of the Padma Shri award, Maguni Charan Kuanr, comes from a line of traditional puppeteers. He has distinguished himself as a puppeteer and helped Kandhei Nach gain popularity outside of Orissa.

• Domar Singh Kunwar

Chhattisgarhi Natya Naach artist Domar Singh Kunwar will be honored with Padma Shri in the field of art (dance). He has been selected for his outstanding contribution in the field of arts.

 

• Risingbor Kurkalang

Risingbor Kurkalang, a Khasi Duitara instrument builder and performer from East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, has been awarded the coveted Padma Shri in the Art (Folk Music) category. The Center announced the winner on January 24, 2023, the night before Republic Day.

• Rani Machaiah

Rani Machaiah, an Ummathat folk dancer from Karnataka’s Kodagu district, received the honor for utilizing dance to advance and preserve Kodava culture. She was born in Siddapura in 1943, dropped out of PUC in 1984, and has been working to spread awareness of the traditional dance.

 

• Ajay Mandavi

Ajay Mandavi of the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has amalgamated Gond tribal art in woodcraft. He has brought a change in the lives of more than 350 people in the area by connecting the affected and misguided people of the Naxalite area with woodcraft art and the youth with the wonderful art of wood. Mandavi is being honored with the Padma Shri for motivating the youth to pick up the chisel by getting rid of the gun.

• Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa

Padma Shri award to Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa of Chikkaballapura district.

Munivenkatappa, who has spoken about his art form, claims that he began giving performances at the age of 17 after acquiring the craft from his father and that he still does so now. He frequently receives invitations to official and private gatherings and has even traveled to Japan and other nations. A common percussion instrument in south India is the tamata.

• Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo)

Ramesh Parmar and Shanti Parmar, a married couple from Jhabua, will also receive the Padma Shri award for their work in preserving an ancient tradition and creating tribal dolls.

 

• Shri Kapil Dev Prasad

A ‘Bawan Buti’ handloom weaver from Nalanda, Bihar is named Shri Kapil Dev Prasad. In particular, he depicts vintage Buddhist symbols in his weavings on sarees, bedsheets, and curtains. He has worked for over 50 years to revive and promote the weave, and he believes than 50 years to revive and promote the weave, and he believes that the award will bring attention to this. He will receive the Padma Shri award for their work 

• Krishna Patel

Padma Shri awardee Krishna Patel, a singer  along with Jitendriya Haripal lent her voice to Rangabati, an epoch-making Sambalpuri folk song. This song is still popular among music lovers in and outside the nation. 

• Guru K Kalyanasundaram Pillai 

The Padma Shri honor was given to Natya Acharya Guru K Kalyanasundaram Pillai for his contributions to the arts. His father Bharatha Vidwan Guru T.P. Kuppiah Pillai, his brother-in-law Natya Kalanidhi Guru A.T. Govindraj Pillai, and his oldest brother Natya Kala Acharya Kalaimamani Guru T.K. Mahalingam Pillai are all the people he dedicates this prize to.

• C V Raju

C V Raju, being chosen for the Padma Shri award presented by the Union government is an honor given to the skill of etikoppaka for the distinctiveness it gives. Raju says he is delighted to have been chosen for the fourth-highest civilian award given in India and that his goal is to try to keep the craft alive.

Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri is descended from a prominent family involved in the Bidri craft. Up until 1970, he studied under his family’s elders. Rasheed ji significantly contributed to the development of the Bidri craft when he began working independently by introducing a variety of innovative, self-designed patterns. Over the years, Rasheed ji has received various awards for his efforts.

• Pareshbhai Rathwa

Paresh Rathwa is a traditional Pithora painter from Chhota Udaipur district, Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2023.

 

•  Mangala Kanti Roy

Mangala Kanti Roy, a 102-year-old Sarinda Player from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, was delighted to be chosen as one of the Padma Shri honorees whose names were released on the night of India’s 74th Republic Day.

 

•  KC Runremsangi

Mizo melodies have been promoted across the country for more than three decades, according to folk singer KC Runremsangi, who recently received the Padma Shri award.

 

•  Pandit Ritwik Sanyal

The Dhrupad maestro and Indian classical singer Pandit Ritwik Sanyal was born in Varanasi on April 12, 1953.  He is a former dean and retired professor from Banaras Hindu University’s faculty of performing arts’ vocal music division. President of India Hon. Shri Pranab Mukherji bestowed Pandit Ritwik Sanyal with India’s highest honor for music, who recently received the Padma Shri award.

• Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry

The Padma Shri, the nation’s fourth-highest civilian honor, has been given to a Harikatha artist for the first time. The well-known performer from Andhra Pradesh, Bhagavathar Kota Sachidananda Sastry, has received this unique honor.

• Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie

The Padma Shri Award 2023 has been given to Neihunuo Sorhie and Moa Subong from Nagaland for their contributions to the arts.

 

• Shri Moa Subong

One of the Padma winners named on the eve of India’s 74th Republic Day is Moa Subong, a founding member of the folk fusion group “Abiogenesis” from Nagaland’s Dimapur district.

• Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon

Raveena Ravi Tandon is an Indian playback singer and dubbing artist who has worked primarily in the South Indian film industry. She is known for her versatility and has lent her voice to many popular songs in various languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Raveena is also known for her work as a dubbing artist, having been dubbed for many leading actresses in the South Indian film industry. She has received several awards and accolades for her work in the music and entertainment industries.

• Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia

The Padma Shri awards are Coomi Nariman Wadia is recognized internationally as a conductor of choral music .

• Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz

Artist Ghulam Muhammad Zaz hails from Kashmir in India. He is renowned for creating traditional musical instruments by hand, including the Santoor. He is regarded as Kashmir’s final Santoor maker.

He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honor in India, on January 26, 2023.