Sangeetha_Kalasikhamani
Sangeetha Kalasikhamani
Award given to Carnatic musicians
Sangeetha Kalasikhamani or Sangita Kalasikhamani (Sanskrit: saṅgītakalāśikhāmaṇi; from sangeetha = music, kala = art, sikhamaṇi = gem of a diadem or crest) is the title awarded yearly to an expert Carnatic musician by the Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai.
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| Year | Inaugurated by | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar | Doreswamy Iyengar |
| 1934 | V. V. Srinivasa Iyengar | V. V. Srinivasa Iyengar |
| 1935 | K. V. Reddy Naidu | Keerthanacharya C. R. Sreenivasa Iyengar |
| 1936 | Lady M. Venkata Subbarao | Prof. P. Sambamurthi |
| 1937 | B.Gopala Reddy | S. Satyamurti |
| 1938 | The Yuvaraja of Mysore | Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar |
| 1939 | Rukmini Devi Arundale | M. S. Ramaswamy Iyer |
| 1940 | Maharaja of Travancore | Kallidaikurichi Vedanta Bhagavathar |
| 1941 | The Maharaja of Pithapuram | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu |
| 1942 | M. Venkatasubba Rao | Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhavathar |
| 1943 | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan | Palladam Sanjiva Rao |
| 1944 | S. Rm. M. Chidambaram Chettiar | M. S. Ramaswamy Iyer |
| 1945 | P. V. Rajamannar | Ananthanarayana Iyer |
| 1946 | Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar | Dr. T. Srinvasaraghavan |
| 1947 | Dr. P. Subbaroyan | T. Lakshmana Pillai |
| 1948 | Justice A. S. P. Iyer | Prof. R. Srinivasan |
| 1949 | C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | K. Vasudeva Sastry |
| 1950 | Rukmini Devi Arundale | Papanasam Sivan |
| 1951 | T. L. Venkatarama Iyer | Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar |
| 1952 | U. Krishna Rao | Tirupampuram N. Swaminatha Pillai |
| 1953 | Sri Prakasa | Kalki Krishnamurthy |
| 1954 | C. Rajagopalachari | C. Saraswathi Bai |
| 1955 | Mrinalini Sarabhai | M. M. Dandapani Desikar |
| 1956 | Maharaja of Travancore | Prof. Sambamurthi, B.A., B.L., |
| 1957 | Justice P. Rajagopalan | E. Krishna Iyer |
| 1958 | P. V. Cherian | T. Chowdiah |
| 1959 | C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | K.S. Ramaswamy Sastrigal |
| 1960 | Bishnuram Medhi | V.C. Gopalarathnam |
| 1961 | Vyjayanthimala | Sermadevi L. Subramania Sastrigal |
| 1962 | Justice R Sadasivam | R. Rangaramanuja Iyyangar |
| 1963 | M. Bhaktavatsalam | S. Y. Krishnaswamy, I.C.S. (Retd) |
| 1964 | P. Chandra Reddy | Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar |
| 1965 | Nallasenapathy Sarkarai Mandradiar | Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai |
| 1966 | Damodaram Sanjeevaiah | Musiri Subramania Iyer |
| 1967 | Ujjal Singh | Thyagaraja Bicentenary – No President |
| 1968 | Justice K. Veeraswamy | Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastri |
| 1969 | S. Madhavan | Papanasam Sivan |
| 1970 | Dharam Veera | Sripada Pinakapani |
| 1971 | M. Karunanidhi | Mudicondan C. Venkatarama Iyer |
| 1972 | K. K. Shah | Thiruveezhimizhalai S. Subramanya Pillai |
| 1973 | V. R. Nedunchezhiyan | T. Brinda |
| 1974 | The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.R Gokulkrishnan | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer |
| 1975 | Malcolm Adiseshiah | M. S. Subbulakshmi |
| 1976 | C. V. Narasimhan | M. D. Ramanathan |
| 1977 | P. Ramachandran | Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 1978 | Tayi Ramaprasada Rao | D. K. Pattammal |
| 1979 | Prabhudas Patwari | Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai |
| 1980 | M. M. Ismail | S. V. Sahasranamam |
| 1981 | Sadiq Ali | Balasaraswati |
| 1982 | S. L. Khurana | S. Balachander |
| 1983 | K. Rajaram | S. Somasundaram |
| 1984 | Dr.V. K. Narayanan Menon | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
| 1985 | N. Mahalingam | B. Rajam Iyer |
| 1986 | Dr.G. Subrahmanyam | Guru Gopinath |
| 1987 | R. Soundararajan | M. L. Vasanthakumari |
| 1988 | G. V. Ramakrishna | T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal |
| 1989 | S. Obul Reddy | K. V. Narayanaswamy |
| 1990 | Lalgudi Jayaraman | S. K. Rajarathnam |
| 1991 | S. Viswanathan | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer & M. Balamuralikrishna |
| 1992 | T. C. A. Ramanujam | Chidambaram Dr.V. V. Swarnavenkatesa Deekshitar |
| 1993 | R. Ramakrishnan | T. N. Krishnan |
| 1994 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | Mysore V. Doraiswamy Iyengar |
| 1995 | Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | R. Vedavalli |
| 1996 | G. K. Moopanar | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan |
| 1997 | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Sikkil Sisters |
| 1998 | N. Ram | Vellore G.Ramabadran |
| 1999 | Shanmughasundaram Mohan | T. N. Krishnan |
| 2000 | S. M. Krishna | Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan |
| 2001 | M. Balamuralikrishna | E. Gayathri |
| 2002 | T. N. Seshan | K. J. Yesudas |
| 2003 | S. Obul Reddy | Guruvayur Dorai |
| 2004 | Sri. B. Rajam Iyer | Kalyanpuram R. Aaaraavamudhachariar |
| 2005 | T. N. Krishnan | T. V. Sankaranarayanan |
| 2006 | Sri B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarar | Bombay Sisters C. Saroja, C. Lalitha |
| 2007 | V. Sethuram | N. Ramani |
| 2008 | M. R. Sivaraman | S. Rajam |
| 2009 | Mrs. Prabha Sridevan | Prapancham Sitaram |
| 2010 | T. N. Krishnan | Manakkal S.Rangarajan |
| 2011 | N. Gopalaswami | Nedunuri Krishnamurthy |
| 2012 | V. Sethuram | M. S. Gopalakrishnan |
| 2013 | Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | Kadri Gopalnath |
| 2014 | Chitra Visweswaran | A. Kanyakumari |
| 2015 | Gouri Parvathi Bayee | Tadepalli Lokanadha Sarma |
| 2016 | Padma Subrahmanyam | Sudha Ragunathan |
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