Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 3: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Padma Shri winners Tulsi Gowda and Sukri Bommagowda in Ankola, heartwarming scenes were seen in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka.
PM Modi interacted with the Padma recipients. He greeted them warmly and shook their hands. PM Modi stopped Tulsi Gowda when she attempted to touch his feet, bowed in front of the two women, and asked for their blessings.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tulsi Gowda and Sukri Bommagowda, Padma award recipients from Karnataka, at Ankola in Uttara Kannada district today. pic.twitter.com/GLwCimtb8H
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2023
In 2021, Tulasi Gowda, a tribal woman from Karnataka, received the Padma Shri award for her work towards protecting the environment.
“Nightingale of Halakki” Sukri Bommagowda received the Padma Shri award for folk singing in 2017.
