{"id":759497,"date":"2026-06-25T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759497\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:17:09","slug":"alka-yagnik-addresses-health-concerns-after-wheelchair-video-from-padma-awards-goes-viral-says-she-is-recovering-well-thanks-president-droupadi-murmu-and-pm-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/759497\/","title":{"rendered":"Alka Yagnik addresses health concerns after wheelchair video from Padma awards goes viral, says she is recovering well; thanks President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/alka-yagnik-wheelchair.jpg\" alt=\"Alka Yagnik addresses health concerns after wheelchair video from Padma awards goes viral, says she is recovering well; thanks President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Veteran singer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/alka-yagnik\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alka Yagnik<\/a> who has mesmerised fans with her voice and iconic songs for decades left fans concerned as she was spotted in a wheel chair recently. Yagnik was conferred with a <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/padma-bhushan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Padma Bhushan<\/a> for her contribution to the field of arts and Indian music, cinema. The singer had earlier opened up on a rare hearing disorder. Since then, she&#8217;s been on a sabbatical and made a rare appearance at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for getting her Padma Shri from President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/droupadi-murmu\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Droupadi Murmu<\/a>.A video of Yagnik from the ceremony in a wheel chair went viral on the internet and sparked major concern among her fans who wished her a speedy recovery. The singer has now addressed these concerns and given an update on her health. She took to Instagram on Thursday and said in a note, &#8220;Thank you for your love, concern and countless good wishes. I have seen the concern surrounding a video from the ceremony and would like to assure everyone that I am well and progressing positively in my recovery. After a long and memorable day at the Padma facilitation, I was simple fatigued and requested a wheelchair while leaving.&#8221;She added, &#8220;Please do not worry. I am feeling much better and remain deeply grateful for the prayers and support that continue to strengthen me. My heartfelt thanks to the Hon&#8217;ble President Of India, the Hon&#8217;ble Prime Minister, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Government of India for this tremendous honour. Let us celebrate this joyous occasion together. With gratitude and love, Alka Yagnik.&#8221;Fans showered love on Yagnik&#8217;s post and wished her a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the importance of public figures sharing their health updates?<\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today <\/p>\n<p>5k+ users already voted today <\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/polls\/what-do-you-think-about-the-importance-of-public-figures-sharing-their-health-updates\/pollopinions\/131991171.cms?src=articleshow\" class=\"pd_MH\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran singer Alka Yagnik who has mesmerised fans with her voice and iconic songs for decades left fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[362230,362904,362907,362905,64,63,447,307920,134,362908,41887,160795,362906],"class_list":["post-759497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alka-yagnik","tag-alka-yagnik-health-update","tag-alka-yagnik-instagram-post","tag-alka-yagnik-wheelchair-video","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-droupadi-murmu","tag-entertainment","tag-hearing-disorder","tag-narendra-modi","tag-padma-bhushan","tag-president-of-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}