Bhubaneswar, January 25: Four persons from Odisha have been selected for Padma Shri for 2024.
They are Gopinath Swain, Bhagbat Padhan, Binod Maharana, and Binod Kumar Pasayat from Odisha will receive the Padma Shri.
The awards will be conferred by the President at ceremonial functions which will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/April.
The awards were announced on Thursday by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the eve of Republic Day.
Gopinath Swain, the 105-year-old artist from Ganjam district, who has been performing Krishna Leela for over nine decades will receive Padma Shri in recognition for dedicating his life to preserve and promote the tradition.
85-yeat-old Bhagabat Padhan, an exponent of Sabda Nrutya folk dance from Bargarh was chosen for the prestigious award for ‘expanding the scope of Sabda Nrutya dance to wider platforms and imparting training to diverse groups in the art.”
