A week back, AR Rahman was awarded with Padma Bhushan and now, Tamil music industry has got another honored recognition in the form of Music maestroIlayaraja who was honored with prestigious Padma Bhushan award by President Pratibha Patil yesterday at a splendid ceremony in New Delhi.
The award was presented in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice-President Hamid Ansari and other bigwigs at the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Well known mridangam expert Umayalpuram K Sivaraman, past Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy and nonagenarian artiste Zohra Segal were honored with thePadma Vibhushan. While, film actress Rekha and sound engineer Resul Pookutty was honored with Padma Shri for their contribution to film industry.
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