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Vellappally Natesan, wide caput of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, said connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) that helium was placing the Padma Bhushan, for which helium has been chosen, astatine the feet of Sree Narayana Guru.
Mr. Natesan was picked for the grant successful the tract of ‘Public Affairs,’ according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
A long-serving wide caput of the SNDP Yogam, Mr. Natesan told The Hindu that helium was blessed to person been chosen. “It is simply a designation of my services to the society. It is besides a designation for the SNDP Yogam and the SN Trust. I spot this grant astatine the feet of the Guru,” helium said.
Hailing from Kanichukulangara successful Alappuzha district, Mr. Natesan is besides the Secretary of the Sree Narayana Trust, which manages respective acquisition institutions successful Kerala.
Born successful September 1937, Mr. Natesan had already established himself arsenic a businessman erstwhile helium archetypal took implicit arsenic wide caput of the SNDP Yogam – a societal organisation dating backmost to 1903 that has had a important interaction connected Kerala’s societal beingness – successful 1996. Mr. Natesan has been known for his outspokenness, a trait that has often sparked debate, crisp responses and controversies successful Kerala’s governmental and societal spheres.
On his being chosen for the Padma Bhushan, Mr. Natesan said that it is arsenic a designation for the nine and the (Ezhava) assemblage that had equipped him for nationalist life. “The enactment and practice extended by the radical equipped maine for the role. So this grant is besides a designation for the nine and the community,” helium said.
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena president Thushar Vellappally is Mr. Natesan’s son.
