Padma Shri Winner Janardan Bothe Dedicates Award to Tukdoji Maharaj

• Janardan Bothe, General Secretary of All India Gurudev Seva Mandal, received the Padma Shri for social work.
• Bothe dedicated his Padma Shri award to Tukdoji Maharaj, revered within his organization, recognizing his ideals and work in uniting Indian culture.
• Dr. Armida Fernandes also received a Padma Shri for Medicine, acknowledging her 50 years of service at BMC, Sion Hospital, Mumbai slums, and Palliative Care.
• Fernandes credited her teams at Sion, NGO SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action), and Palliative for the collective achievement.
• President Droupadi Murmu approved 131 Padma awards, including Padma Vibhushan for Dharmendra Singh Deol and VS Achuthanandan (posthumous).

Why It Matters: Padma Shri recipients Janardan Bothe and Dr. Armida Fernandes dedicated their awards to collective efforts and ideals.