Sangeetha Choodamani


Sangeetha Choodamani is an award bestowed on selected carnatic musicians by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai every year. The Sabha conducts a music festival called Gokulashtami Sangeetha Utsavam for 60 days during August - October.
On the inaugural day of the festival, a Carnatic Musician of merit and popularity is honoured with this award that carries a cash award, a gold medallion, a scroll and a shawl.

Recipients of the Award

Source:
YearRecipient
1971Lalgudi Jayaraman + N. Ramani
1974T. M. Thiagarajan
1975Vellore G. Ramabhadran
1976Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
1977Maharajapuram Santhanam
1978Palghat R. Raghu
1979Mani Krishnaswami
1980D. K. Jayaraman
1981M. Chandrasekaran
1982Voleti Venkatesvarulu
1983T. N. Seshagopalan
1984Trichy Sankaran
1985U. Srinivas + R. Vedavalli
1986Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
1987Thanjavur K. P. Sivanandam
1988T. K. Govinda Rao
1989T. R. Subramaniam
1990R. Chitti Babu
1991Bombay Sisters
1992Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman
1993T. K. Murthy
1994Sikkil Sisters
1995Chitravina N. Ravikiran
1996T. V. Sankaranarayanan
1997Sudha Ragunathan
1998Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan
1999D. Rukmini + M. P. N. Ponnusamy + M. P. N. Sethuraman
2000Prof. R. Visweswaran
2001Trichur V. Ramachandran
2002P. S. Narayanaswamy
2003O. S. Thiagarajan
2004Suguna Purushothaman
2005Bombay Jayashree
2006Aruna Sairam
2007Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran
2008Hyderabad Sisters Lalitha & Haripriya
2009Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
2010S. Sowmya
2011Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
2012A. Kanyakumari
2013T. V. Gopalakrishnan
2014Jayanthi Kumaresh + Mannargudi A. Easwaran
2015Neyveli Santhanagopalan
2016Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam
2018Dr Kadri Gopalnath
2019P. Unnikrishnan
2022Abhishek Raghuram
2023Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath
2024Ranjani & Gayatri
2025K. V. Prasad