Many celebrities including Dharmendra, Mammootty, Madhavan will be honored with Padma Award by President Murmu today.

New Delhi: Padma Awards 2026, one of India’s highest civilian honours, will be held today at 5 pm at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. During this period, many big personalities related to cinema, music, theatre, sports, literature and other fields will be honored by President Draupadi Murmu. Let us tell you, during this ceremony, a total of 131 personalities will be honored with Padma Awards by the government. In the meantime, let us know all the details related to this ceremony.

Whose names were included?

Let us tell you, the name of late Bollywood actor Dharmendra is at the top among the celebrities to be honored this year. Actor Dharmendra has played memorable roles in many hit films like Sholay, Chupke Chupke and Phool Aur Patthar. This is the reason why he was seen as a veteran artist in Indian cinema and everyone from children to adults has been his fan. Now, after the actor’s death, he will be honored with the second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan. Let us tell you, before this he was awarded the country’s third highest civilian honor Padma Bhushan in the year 2012.

Apart from actor Dharmendra, Satish Shah, Alka Yagnik, Mammootty, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Madhavan Ranganathan, Piyush Pandey, N Rajam, Shatavdhani R Ganesh, Anil Kumar Rastogi, Arvind Vaidya, Bharat Singh Bharti, Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda, Vishwa Bandhu, Chiranji Lal Yadav, Deepika Reddy, Dharmi Lal Chunilal Pandya, Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad, Many personalities including Gafaruddin Mewati Jogi, Garimela Balakrishna Prasad, Gayatri Balasubramaniam and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramaniam, Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay will be honored with this award.

Where to watch live telecast

Let us tell you that apart from President Draupadi Murmu and well-known personalities, many big leaders, Union Ministers and many other guests will participate in this ceremony. If you also want to see this historic moment, then from 5 pm onwards you can watch its live telecast on Akashvani Gold, AIR Live News 24×7 and the official YouTube channel of Akashvani AIR and can join the ceremony virtually with your favorite artist.