Padma Awards 2025-Saluting Legends in Sports and Beyond
The Padma Awards 2025 recognize the legends from various fields, including sports, for their outstanding contributions. This article celebrates the achievements of these remarkable individuals and sheds light on their influence in their respective domains.

A fresh wave of reputation for India's exceptional talent at the outgoing year 2025 as President Droupadi Murmu approved the conferring of 139 Padma Awards. These world-renowned awards are to be conferred upon the best on grounds of outstanding achievements in their respective fields. Of which seven will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri. Articles carrying names and achievement of sporting heroes, who would be rewarded.
PR Sreejesh-Hockey Superstar of India Wins Padma Bhushan for Contribution
Eminent Winners that Country Sports persons will feature in India's List include stunning Padma Bhushan that country awarded to Hockey Great PR Sreejesh. It is this very award that would go to justify the enormous contribution that the great man Sreejesh has rendered to Indian hockey. He has won two Olympic bronze medals-the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paris 2024 Olympics-with him as its great leader, Indian men's hockey has been doing great. Excellent performances between the posts have characterised the legacy of the finest goalkeepers sport ever saw. Padma Bhushan is one of India's highest civilian awards. And the contribution Sreejesh has done for Indian hockey would qualify to be termed as distinguished service of a high order.
Ravichandran Ashwin-Master of Spin
Ravichandran Ashwin, the master of spin and stalwart of Indian cricket, too will receive the Padma Shri. This would be due to both his contribution in Test and limited-overs cricket besides being exceptional. A career full of records and his consistency in Test cricket, Ashwin stands among the most successful cricketers of the country. Spin bowling, astute tactics, and leadership skills on the field have all been significant to India's recent success in cricket.
Some other notable people who have been chosen for the sports category are football icon IM Vijayan, to whom the Padma Shri will be given. What an inspiration he has been to Indian football and what a career it has represented-exemplifying dedication and passion for the game. Generations of players will always remember his contribution to Indian football inspired by the shows he exhibited on the field. He proves the fact that football is highly prominent in India and how it went along with time. He is a golden icon, where the Indians feel pride, and the Padma Shri symbolizes the culmination of achievements which are for a lifetime.
Harvinder Singh-Glory of Victory as the Paralympic Medalist
Paralympics in the world, Harvinder Singh would receive the award Padma Shri for his glorious success. He is a par-archer, who has the best attitude of grit and determination in front of adversity. His performance won medals at Paralympic Games; it turned out to become a source of national pride since it had already presented immense possibilities for disabled Indian athletes. The Padma Awards that the country celebrates in those moments are recalled during these incidents through sports inclusion happenings that, in some sense, explain people whose stories would inspire someone else to do much more fantastic things.
Explanations of the Padma Awards
The Padma Awards are the most distinguished civil honors in India and are offered for work done by a few of the distinguished people in some of the fields, such as art, science, literature, sports, medicine, or social work. The Padma Awards consist of three types of awards: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
Padma Vibhushan is bestowed for exceptionally outstanding service.
Padma Bhushan is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
It confers distinguished service in any field.
The Padma Awards are announced every year on Republic Day; the Padma Awardees are called for a function, which usually takes place in the months of March-April, every year at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
A Deeper Glimpse into the 2025 Padma Awards
Padma Awards 2025 to the Numbers of Different Generous Personalities-acting like leadership changing and establishing world peace so creating excellent examples before this globe. Now the entire sum of 139 that should fall totally of various kinds genres-from the world of public affair medicine literature and science along with education to a different variety genres from that area of sport too. One has to pay attention to every individual receiver as they too fully deserve awards like that one who made brilliant marks both in the field as well as among people.
Not only do the Padma Awards call for a celebration of their achievements by those who have been conferred upon but also inspire the country to continue working on excellence. These remind the country of the depth and breadth of talent in India's multi-discipline approach and recognize the toil, dedication, and passion that each who truly makes a difference exhibits.
And so, the Padma Awards 2025 before the world today a list of such dignitaries who made such lasting impressions that would never fade away. So, sportspersons like PR Sreejesh, Ravichandran Ashwin, IM Vijayan, and Harvinder Singh are no exception, for these awards are not only personal success and achievement but also the spirit of perseverance, excellence, and service they each epitomize.