Sharma was awarded the prestigious award for promoting Mach Lok Theater Rajpurohit for his contribution to literature, Bamnia received the award for promoting Kabir bhajans, and Lohia, who is 70 per cent handicapped, received the award for swimming.
Sharma, 86, a resident of the religious city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, was honored with the prestigious award for promoting the 200-year-old traditional dance drama of the Malwa region.
Coming from a humble background, Sharma learned Mach from his father at the Usta Kaluram Mach Akhara. He has written scripts for Maach folk theater productions and adapted Sanskrit plays in the Maach style. As a teacher, he trained students at NSD, New Delhi and Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal.Earlier, in a telephonic conversation with IANS on January 25, Sharma had said that he started performing Maach at the age of 10 and he has dedicated this prestigious award to every artist associated with Maach theatre.
Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit (80), born in a village in Dhar district, is known for research writing. Presently he lives in Ujjain and has been continuously writing on literature and culture in Sanskrit, Hindi and Malvi.
He worked as Director of Vikramaditya Shodh Peeth, Ujjain for 10 years and Professor of Hindi, Sanskrit and Ancient History at Sandipan Ashram, Ujjain for 38 years.
He has published more than 100 books and more than 50 plays.He has also written the Sanskrit play Samarth Vikramaditya. His play Kalidas Charitam has been staged in Sanskrit, Hindi and Malvi.
He was previously awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Puraskar for his contributions to scholarship in Indian theatre.
Kaluram Bamnia (54), a resident of Pardeshipura village in Tonkhurd tehsil of Dewas district, was honored with the Padma award for his contribution to Kabi bhajans along with the bhajans of Mirabai and Gorakhnath in Malvi dialect for many years.
He has performed in musical programs including the Kabir Mahotsav organized by the Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2009.He has also received Tulsi Samman and Bheraj Samman in 2022. Bamnia said that he learned singing from his grandfather and father.
Padma Shri recipient Satendra Singh Lohia, a 36-year-old Indian swimmer with 70 per cent disability, is a resident of Gaata village in Bhind district of Chamba region of Madhya Pradesh. He is India's best open water swimmer.
Despite underdeveloped thigh bones that do not allow him to straighten his limbs, Lohia became one of India's finest open water swimmers by crossing the English Channel in 2018.He had created a new record by completing the English Channel in 12 hours and 26 minutes.
Lohia received the Vikram Award, Madhya Pradesh's highest state level sports award, for swimming in 2014.
Sharma, 86, a resident of the religious city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, was honored with the prestigious award for promoting the 200-year-old traditional dance drama of the Malwa region.
Coming from a humble background, Sharma learned Mach from his father at the Usta Kaluram Mach Akhara. He has written scripts for Maach folk theater productions and adapted Sanskrit plays in the Maach style. As a teacher, he trained students at NSD, New Delhi and Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal.Earlier, in a telephonic conversation with IANS on January 25, Sharma had said that he started performing Maach at the age of 10 and he has dedicated this prestigious award to every artist associated with Maach theatre.
Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit (80), born in a village in Dhar district, is known for research writing. Presently he lives in Ujjain and has been continuously writing on literature and culture in Sanskrit, Hindi and Malvi.
He worked as Director of Vikramaditya Shodh Peeth, Ujjain for 10 years and Professor of Hindi, Sanskrit and Ancient History at Sandipan Ashram, Ujjain for 38 years.
He has published more than 100 books and more than 50 plays.He has also written the Sanskrit play Samarth Vikramaditya. His play Kalidas Charitam has been staged in Sanskrit, Hindi and Malvi.
He was previously awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Puraskar for his contributions to scholarship in Indian theatre.
Kaluram Bamnia (54), a resident of Pardeshipura village in Tonkhurd tehsil of Dewas district, was honored with the Padma award for his contribution to Kabi bhajans along with the bhajans of Mirabai and Gorakhnath in Malvi dialect for many years.
He has performed in musical programs including the Kabir Mahotsav organized by the Indian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2009.He has also received Tulsi Samman and Bheraj Samman in 2022. Bamnia said that he learned singing from his grandfather and father.
Padma Shri recipient Satendra Singh Lohia, a 36-year-old Indian swimmer with 70 per cent disability, is a resident of Gaata village in Bhind district of Chamba region of Madhya Pradesh. He is India's best open water swimmer.
Despite underdeveloped thigh bones that do not allow him to straighten his limbs, Lohia became one of India's finest open water swimmers by crossing the English Channel in 2018.He had created a new record by completing the English Channel in 12 hours and 26 minutes.
Lohia received the Vikram Award, Madhya Pradesh's highest state level sports award, for swimming in 2014.
