Awards for 2016-2017

Bharat Kalachar Gnana Kala Bharathi Sriram Parasuram

Viswa Kala Bharathi Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant (Bharatanatyam)i

Natya Kaladhar Kanchana

Acharya Kala Bharathi Sheela Unnikrishnan
Lakshmi Ramaswamy

Kala Seva Bharathi Subasree Thanikachalam

Nadaga Kala Bharathi Karuru Rangaraj

Harikatha Bharathi Dushyanth Sridhar

Natya Sangeetha Bharathi Gomathy Nayakam (Vocal)
Thanjavur Subba Rao Babu (Violin)
KP Anilkumar (Mridangam)

Yuva Kala Bharathi Arvind Soundarajan, Ashwath Narayanan and Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal)
D Balasubramanian (Nagaswaram)
Arvind Bhargav (Mandolin)
Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
Prithvija Balagopalan, Shruthi Priya and Srividhya Sailesh (Bharatanatyam)
Vignesh Ratnam (Theatre)
Sukanya Kumar (all rounder - Bharatanatyam, Kathak and theatre)

Special commendation for Lifetime contribution to Music
Seetharama Sarma

Special commendation Veeramani (Technician, Bharath Kalachar)i

K Balachander Trophy for artistic Excellencei Ganesh and Kumaresh



Brahma Gana Sabha Gaana Padhmam

Madurai GS Mani

Naatya Padhmam Rhadha (Bharatanatyam)

Naataka Padhmam
Neelakandan alias Neelu.

Vaaadhya Padhmam AKC Natarajan



Indian Fine Arts Society Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)

Natya Kalasikhamani
CV Chandrasekar (Bharatanatyam)i

Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman Award For the best senior mrudangam vidwan




Kartik Fine Arts Isai Peroli
K Gayatri

Nadanamamani Vyshnavie Sainath

Natya Chudar Sudharma Vaithyanathan

Isai Chudar Kruthi Bhat

D.K. Pattammal Award of Excellence Ananya Ashok (Vocal)

Kartik Rajagopal Golden Jubilee Award for Best Cultural Organiser
R Mukunthan, Gen Secretary, Anaithindhia Tamizh Sanga Peravai / Delhi Muthamizh Peravai

Tamil Isai Vendar Srimushnam V Raja Rao

Dr.Seerkazhi Govindarajan Memorial award Tiruchi Thayumanavan (Mridangam, Konnakol, Kanjira)

Guru Karaikudi Mani award Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)

Nrithyajyothi award of excellence in Bharatanatyam Mathura Viswanathan Vijay

Madurai Krishnan Memorial honour Rathna Kumar

AG Ramaswamy Centenary Memoral award for Violinist R Raghul (Violin).

Smt.Rajam Vaidyanathan's Distinguished Teacher Award (districts other than Chennai) Ambujam Vedantham, Trichy (Music teacher, Vocal)
Malathi Krishnamani, Kumbakonam (Music teacher, Instruments)

Smt.Uma Memorial award for Upa-pakka vadhyam ariste Trichy Murali (Ghatam)



Krishna Gana Sabha Nritya Choodamani Nirupama and Rajendra (Kathak)
Acharya Choodamani Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala (Bharatanatyam)



Music Academy Sangitha Kalandhi A Kanyakumari (Violin)

Sangitha Kala Acharya Rudrapatnam Bros RN Thyagarajan and RN Tharanathan (Vocal)
Prof K Venkataramanan (Voalist and music teacher).

TTK AWARD Dr.Nirmala Sundararajan (Vocal)
M Kodilingam (Thevaram singer and teacher)

Pappa Venkataramiah award for violin
Sikkil Baskaran (Violin).

Natya Kala Acharya Award
Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam).

Musicologist Award Dr.Rama Kausalya



Mylapore Fine Arts Club Sangeetha Kala Nipuna
Trichur V Ramachandran

Nrithya Kala Nipuna Malathi Thothadri



Nada Sudha Nada Vllabha Hyderabad Bros D Raghavachari and D Seshachari (Vocal)
Lalgudi GJR Krishnan (Violin)
Thiruvarur Bhaktavatchalam (Mridangam)



Narada Gana Sabha Nadhabrahmam Guru K Kalyana Sundaram (Bharatanatyam)

Senior Musician Award Suguna Varadachari

Tirunelveli P Subramania Iyer award Thitupungur TG Muthukumarasamy (Thavil)



Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts
Viswa Nada Sagara Vidyabhushana (Classical vocalist from Karnataka)



Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Sangeetha Kalasarathy Papanasam Ashok Ramani

Acharya Kalasarathy Suguna Varadachari

Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award Srimushnam V Rajarao

Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu award S Varadarajan

Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar award for visesha vadyam Kasim and Babu (Nadaswaram)

G Ramanathan award
Sriram Parthasarathy

GNB award for young musician Rithvik Raja



Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj Sangeetha Mamani



Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha
Vani Kala Sudhakara
Suguna Varadachari (Vocal)
Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin)
Madras A Kannan (Mridangam)
Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam)
TSBK Mouli (Theatre)



Tamil Isai Sangam
Isai Peraringyar
Sanjay Subramanyan

Pann Isai Peraringyar Palani Shanmuga Sundara Desikar




Schedule : Awards yearwise