hyderabad three artistes from telangana made it to the padma awards list announced on the eve of the republic day on tuesday darshanam moglaiah who has kept alive the 12step stringed musical instrument kinnera kuchipudi dancer gaddam padmaja reddy and tribal folk singer ramachandraiah were awarded padma shri in the art categorymoglaiah 70 who hails from mahbubnagar district has not only kept his family tradition alive but also been instrumental in reinventing the kinnera his forefathers are said to have played it in the court of the wanaparthy king about 400 years agoa fifth generation artiste moglaiah has mesmerised audiences with his music and even tollywood has taken note living in oblivion his art was brought to public notice by dasari ranga a research scholar from osmania university with mamidi harikrishna director of culture organising public performances by moglaiah the hitherto unknown artiste became a household name having even sung for an upcoming film of a top tollywood hero kuchipudi dancer gaddam padmaja reddy is credited with reviving the ancient dance form kakatiyam through her research she reconstructed the forgotten dance form performed during the kakatiya rule 1400 years ago the research involved spending time at ramappa temple in warangal and banking on little but significant literature that was available padmaja reddy breathed life into the dance form and first presented it in 2017 she followed it with a public performance at shilpa kala vedika in the city in december last year ramachandriah a tribal artiste is a folk singer from konavaram village of manugur in bhadradri kothagudem district hailing from the st koya community he sings about the history of the tribe and often travels to chhattisgarh to sing for the community therehe also sings during the samakka sarakka jathara that is held in medaram in mulugu which is the biggest religious gathering of tribals district collector anudeep congratulated the tribal artiste on being bestowed with the padma honour