The Chhattisgarh Government on Sunday announced the names of those selected for the 36 Rajya Alankaran Sammans, to be presented at Rajyotsav-2026 at Rajyotsav Maidan, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, on November 3. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will present the awards at the closing ceremony of the festival. Announcing the names at a press conference at the Mahant Ghasidas Memorial Museum auditorium in Raipur, Culture Minister Rajesh Agrawal said 32 individuals and six organisations have been chosen for the Chhattisgarh Rajya Alankaran Samman-2026. Four awards will not be conferred this year: the Haji Hassan Ali Award, the Danveer Bhamashah Samman, the Veerangan Rani Avantibai Lodhi Smriti Puraskar and the Devdas Banjare Smriti Samman, Agrawal said. Shaheed Veernarayan Singh Smriti Samman will be presented to Dumanlal Dhruv, Dhamtari, Yati Yatanlal Samman: Vishwa Geeta Dhenu Govind Pakhi Seva Dham, Kumhari, Durg, Gundadhur Samman: Kabaddi player Sanju Devi, Minimata Samman:

 

Lok Aastha Sewa Sansthan, Gariaband, Guru Ghasidas Samajik Chetna evam Anusuchit Jati Utthan Samman: Sukhchand Bhaskar, Kabirdham, Maharaja Praveerchand Bhanjdev Samman: Toman Kumar, Balod, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla Samman: Shree Tejswini Sewa Pratishthan, Nehru Nagar, Bilaspur, Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Samman: Dr Biharilal Sahu, Raigarh, Chakradhar Samman: Dr M Sriram Murty, Raipur, Dau Mandarji Samman: Rekha Jalkshatri, Raipur, Maharaja Agrasen Samman: Babulal Agrawal, Raigarh, Sant Ravidas Samman: Jagdish Prasad Deshmukh, Balod, and Chhattisgarh Apravasi Bharatiya Samman: Deepali Sarawagi, Dantewada Thakur Pyarelal Singh Puraskar (cooperative sector) will be awarded to Prathmik Kuduk Machhua Sahkari Samiti Maryadit, Chitrakote, Bastar, Dr Khoobchand Baghel Krishak Ratna Puraskar to Punnidas Bhattu, Kabirdham and Shrimati Bilasadevi Kevat Matsya Vikas Puraskar will be given to Pradeep Kumar Soni. In Journalism Chandulal Chandrakar Smriti Patrakarita Puraskar (print, Hindi) will be conferred to Pramod Sahu, Chandulal Chandrakar Smriti Patrakarita Puraskar (electronic, Hindi) will be given to Barun Sakhaji and Rasika Pandey (jointly). Madhukar Kher Smriti Patrakarita Puraskar (print, English) will be given to Shishir Roy Choudhary.

 

The Dhanvantari Samman will be given to Dr Dinesh Kumar Nag, Raipur, Rajeshree Mahant Vaishnav Das Ji Maharaja Sanskrit Bhasha Puraskar: Dr Bahuran Singh Patel, Raipur and Dr Bhanvar Singh Porte Adivasi Seva Puraskar: Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Nava Raipur. The Swargiya Ramanuj Pratap Singhdeo Smriti Shram Yashaswi Puraskar will be given to Ultratech Cement Ltd, Unit Kukurdeeh, Cement Works Sarkipar, Balodabazar and Pandit Lakhanlal Mishra Samman will be conferred on Suresh Kumar Dhruw, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Raipur. In the field of Arts, Literature and Cinema Habib Tanveer Samman will be given to Dr Purushottam Chandrakar, Raipur, Kishore Sahu Samman to Actor Sayyad Tahir Ali, alias Karan Khan, Kishore Sahu Rashtriya Alankaran to Film director Mohan Sundarani, Raipur, Laxman Masturiya Samman: Sadhana Yadav, Durg, Devdas Banjare Smriti Panthi Nritya Puraskar: C L Ratri, Raipur, Khuman Sao Samman: Chandrabhushan Verma, Lala Jagdalpuri Sahitya Puraskar: Durga Prasad Parakar, Durg, Barrister Thakur Chedilal Samman: Kaustum Shukla and Hemant Kumar Mishra, Mata Bahadur Kalarin Samman: Bulbul Baidya, Kanker, Pandit Madhav Rao Sapre Rashtriya Rachanatmakata Samman: Anant Vijay, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Dr Teejan Bai Samman: Chetan Lal Dewangan, Raipur. Chanduru Rajya Gramin Paryatan Puraskar will be given to Satyendra Kumar Upadhyay, alias Sani, Kabirdham.