"Padma Bhushan"

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21 November 2025

Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned classical instrumentalist Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt plays the 'Mohan Veena', a modified slide guitar that he invents, as he performs during the 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on November 21, 2025.

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21 November 2025

Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned classical instrumentalist Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt plays the 'Mohan Veena', a modified slide guitar that he invents, as he performs during the 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on November 21, 2025.

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21 November 2025

Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned classical instrumentalist Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt plays the 'Mohan Veena', a modified slide guitar that he invents, as he performs during the 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on November 21, 2025.

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21 November 2025

Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned classical instrumentalist Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt plays the 'Mohan Veena', a modified slide guitar that he invents, as he performs during the 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on November 21, 2025.

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#10941316

26 January 2024

Sharmila Tagore is addressing a press conference during the 22nd Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 26, 2024. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali films, Tagore is regarded as one of Indian cinema's most accomplished actresses. She has received two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema. In 2013, the Government of India honored her with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, for her contributions to Indian culture through performing arts.

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#10941318

26 January 2024

Sharmila Tagore is addressing a press conference during the 22nd Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 26, 2024. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali films, Tagore is regarded as one of Indian cinema's most accomplished actresses. She has received two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema. In 2013, the Government of India honored her with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, for her contributions to Indian culture through performing arts.

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#10941319

26 January 2024

Sharmila Tagore is addressing a press conference during the 22nd Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 26, 2024. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali films, Tagore is regarded as one of Indian cinema's most accomplished actresses. She has received two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema. In 2013, the Government of India honored her with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, for her contributions to Indian culture through performing arts.

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26 January 2024

Sharmila Tagore is addressing a press conference during the 22nd Dhaka International Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 26, 2024. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali films, Tagore is regarded as one of Indian cinema's most accomplished actresses. She has received two National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to Hindi cinema. In 2013, the Government of India honored her with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, for her contributions to Indian culture through performing arts.

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#2284000

25 October 2017

Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi dead Body at Sangeet Reserach Academy at Kolkata city on October 25,2017 in India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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#2284011

25 October 2017

Pandit Tarun Bhattacharyya and Odissi Dances Sanchita Bhattacharyya brake down while praying her last respect to the mortal remains of Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at Sangeet Reserach Academy at Kolkata city on October 25,2017 in India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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25 October 2017

A Music Lover brake down while praying her last respect to the mortal remains of Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at Sangeet Reserach Academy at Kolkata city on October 25,2017 in India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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#2284013

25 October 2017

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal their last respects to the mortal of Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at Sangeet Reserach Academy at Kolkata city on October 25,2017 in India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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#2284015

25 October 2017

File Pictures: Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi along Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal at the a Program in Kolkata,India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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#2284016

25 October 2017

File Pictures: Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at the a Program in Kolkata,India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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#2284017

25 October 2017

File Pictures: Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at the a Program in Kolkata,India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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25 October 2017

File Pictures: Indian Queen of Thumri Girija Devi at the a Program in Kolkata,India. Indian Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi passed away at a city hospital here on Tuesday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled her death, saying the singer’s music appealed across generations and her pioneering efforts to popularise Indian classical music would always be remembered. “Saddened by demise of Girija Devi-ji. Indian classical music has lost one of its most melodious voices. My thoughts are with her admirers,” he tweeted. A legendary singer of the Benaras gharana, Girija Devi was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Padma Bhushan in 1989 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

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