Music maestro Isaignani Ilaiyaraja was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by President Ramnath Govind at a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday (March 20). It must be noted that Ilayaraja got Padma Bhushan in the year 2010.

Former Indian cricket team skipper MS Dhoni and cueist Pankaj Advani were conferred with the country’s third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Badminton ace Kidambi Srikanth and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were also honoured in the same ceremony as the duo received Padma Shri awards.