Twitter explodes! Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja honoured with Padma Vibhushan by President Kovind

Noted music composer Ilaiyaraaja was among the 42 other prominent personalities from all walks of life were conferred the prestigious Padma awards for 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday evening. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleagues, and several other dignitaries attended the function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Famous as Isaignani, he was honoured for unparallel contribution to music and Tamil language. Ilaiyaraaja has worked on ancient Tamil Bhakti literature Thiruvasagam has had a profound impact and has composed more than 6500 songs in career spanned over three decades.  Five times National award winner composer, Ilaiyaraaja was awarded with Padma Bhushan back in 2010. 

After debuting in 1975 Tamil film Annakkli as a music composer, Ilaiyaraaja launched the careers of many singers like Chitra, SP Balasubramium and Yesudas. India's biggest superstars like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan have also sung songs for the legendary music composer. 

Twittter is flooded with congratulatory messages for Ilaiyaraaja who gave us innumerable songs to cherish for generations to come. 

#ilayaraja We all Tamilians should feel proud to live in his times. I have never felt so spiritual, so depth in music refreshing my nuerons of my brain like his music does. I am mentioning his late 70’s, all 80’s and early 90’s. This man is immensely blessed by God 1/n

— nimmy (@nimmyspace) March 20, 2018

His brain has to be preserved in museum. His music has touched somewhere in a place of my soul which I can’t explain. He has defined what is music. Sad nobody has learnt to compose music his way except few. Listen to his early 80s&late 70s songs. u will know who is #ilayaraja 2/n

— nimmy (@nimmyspace) March 20, 2018

daily mental relief for 80s or 90s tamil kids #ilayaraja songs #gounder comedy

— paamaran (@tamil_paamaran) March 3, 2018

Well deserved Padma Vibhushan for Thiru #Ilayaraja! #PadmaAwards https://t.co/PJ9cvlowiH

— Aprameya Rao (@aprameyatweets) March 20, 2018

#ilayaraja. #PresidentKovind presents #Padmavibushan to Maestro Ilaiyaraaja for his remarkable contribution to music and the Tamil language. Although this has come late, but it has come. No doubt @TheMaestroRaja is a living leged. @llayaraja @gvprakash @RahulNOfficial pic.twitter.com/a1PX2XLlG6

— Subbuscribe (@Subbuscribe) March 20, 2018

#Congratulations to all the #winners of #PadmaAwards in different categories #Education #literature #music #sports #music #ilayaraja #Parameswaran #Dhoni #advani #Badminton #srikidambi #unsungheroes #PeoplesPadma #InternationalDayOfHappiness https://t.co/IvPDiHI7XN pic.twitter.com/HDUoUE22XR

— lellumohan (@LeeluMohan) March 20, 2018

#Ilayaraja sir would have refused this honor after saying him as a dalit . We workship him in every songs and this awards doesn't matter for this legend.#ilayaraja_insulted #godofmusic

— Vikram_dhf (@iamhariharanv) March 20, 2018

Maestro #Ilayaraja Garu received his #Padmavibushan award from the President of India today. He truly deserves this Honour #IlayrajaPadmavibhushan @thisisysr @Premgiamaren @vp_offl @dhanushkraja @selvaraghavan @vasukibhaskar

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— SANDY (@SandyChay2325) March 20, 2018

Congrats #Maestro. btw.. he did his concert last Sunday in USA.. back in India nxt day.. n again he s heading back to USA for the nxt concert in line this weekend. . Some serious work n dedication. . #Ilayarajahttps://t.co/9xZ3Gziwiv

— Monika (@MonikaRNaga) March 20, 2018