Sixty-year-old Konsam Ibomcha was conferred the Padma Shri Award on Republic Day 2022 observation in recognition of his distinguished services in Arts, of preserving the century-old dying art of Laiphadabi (doll) making.
Eighty-year-old Padma Shri Lourembam Bino Devi, defying her old age and poor health condition, has been making great efforts to revive the dying appliqué art of Manipur called “Leeba, which art is used in making Monmai, a decorative circular appliqué art piece used in covering both ends of a Manipuri traditional bolster pillow.