The Padma awards were announced on Jan 25, 2026.
PADMA BHUSHAN: Dr. Shatavadhani R Ganesh (Karnataka)
PADMA SHRI: Deepika Reddy (Telangana), Kalamandalam Vimala Menon (Kerala)
Aditi Mangaldas and Drishtikon Dance Foundation announce the winners of
DR SUNIL KOTHARI AWARD FOR EMERGING ARTISTS 2025.
First: NILAVA SEN (Uday Shankar Style and Bharatanatyam) //
The Traffic
Second: NAVYASHREE K.N. (Bharatanatyam) //
Antarvirodha
Second: P.V. ADITHYA (Bharatanatyam) //
Who Am I
Nilava Sen gets the award citation along with the cash prize of Rs. 75,000.
Both Navyashree K.N and P.V Adithya stood a joint second and will share the second prize and receive Rs. 12,500 each.
The jury members give a special mention to the works submitted by:
SUSANTA GHOSH (Kathak) // Dwandha
SUMEET SAGOLSEM (Contemporary) // Dual Currents
Bharatanatyam dancer URMILA SATYANARAYANA received the
NRITYA KALANIDHI
award from Madras Music Academy for 2025 on January 3, 2026 in Chennai.
MADAMBI SUBRAMANIA NAMBOODIRI received the
TTK AWARD for Kathakali
music.
Krishna Gana Sabha presented the
NATYA VISARADA HA award to BALA DEVI CHANDRASHEKAR on 28th December 2025 in Chennai.
The ABHAI committee honoured gurus Jaya Chandrasekhar, Ambika Buch,
Revathy Muthuswamy, Jayashree Narayanan and Samyuktha Varadarajan with
the title
NATYA KALA SADHAKA on January 4, 2026 at Chennai.
Nalanda's
BHARATA MUNI SAMMAN for 2025 was presented to Chitra
Visweswaran (dance), Prashant Damle (theatre) and Ravindra Sathe (music)
on January 11, 2026 at Nalanda's Kanaka Sabha, Mumbai.
Nalanda's
KANAKA NARTANA PURASKAR 2025 was presented to Dr. Shailesh
Srivastava (folk singer), Dr. Malati Agneswaran (BN), Vijayshree
Chaudhary (Kathak) and Dr. Veena Londhe (Sanskrit scholar), Alka Gujar
(sitarist), Dr. Ganesh Chandranshive (folk artiste), Jigar Soni and
Suhrad Soni (folk dancers) and Narayan Mani (Saraswati veena) on January
11, 2026 at Nalanda's Kanaka Sabha, Mumbai.
Ushta-Te Foundation presented BIJOY ANAND SHIVRAM with the
MEHER R
CONTRACTOR AWARD FOR PERFORMING ARTS on January 18, 2026 at Nowrojee
Vakil Hall, Ahmedabad.
Prize winners of the Madras Music Academy's 19th Dance Festival 2026.
- Bharatanatyam solo (seniors):
Best dancer: VAIBHAV AREKAR
Outstanding dancer: SHIJITH NAMBIAR & PARVATHY MENON
- Sub seniors (first slot)
Best dancer: BHAVAJAN KUMAR
Outstanding dancer: SHWETA PRACHANDE
- Sub seniors (second slot)
Best dancer: PARSHWANATH UPADHYE
Outstanding dancer: HARINIE JEEVITHA
- Juniors
Best dancer: PV ADITHYA
Outstanding dancer: PRITAM DAS
