Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram

Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram is the highest honour for musicians instituted by the Kerala State Government. It's named after Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore (തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍), in India.The award carries a cash prize of rupees one lakh, citation and a medal^[1]

Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram
Civilian award for contributions to music
Sponsored by	Government of Kerala
First award	1997
Final award	2020

Complete List of Recipients

S.No	Name	Image	Birth / death	Awarded	Notes	Ref(s)
1.	Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer		1908–2003	1997	Carnatic musician	[2]
2.	Ustad Bismillah Khan		1916–2006	1998	Shehnai maestro	[3]
3.	D. K. Pattammal		1919–2009	1999	Carnatic musician and playback singer	[2]
4.	K. V. Narayanaswamy		1923–2002	2000	Carnatic music violinist	[2]
5.	T. N. Krishnan		b 1928 - 2020	2002	Carnatic music violinist	[4]
6.	Bhimsen Joshi		1922-2011	2003	Hindustani classical music	[5]
7.	Sankaran Embranthiri		1944-2007	2004	Kathakali music	[6]
8.	Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma		1928-2008	2006	Carnatic music vocalist	[7]
9.	Neyyattinkara Vasudevan		1940–2008	2007	Carnatic music vocalist	[2]
10	Jasraj		1930-2020	2008	Hindustani vocalist	[8][9]
11.	R. K. Srikantan			2009	Carnatic music vocalist	[10]
12.	K. J. Yesudas		1940-	2010	playback singer, carnatic music vocalist	[11]
13.	M. Balamuralikrishna		1930-2016	2012	Carnatic music vocalist	[12]
14.	V. Dakshinamoorthy		1919-2013	2013	Carnatic music vocalist and Music director	[13]
15.	Amjad Ali Khan		1945-	2014	sarod player	[14]
16.	Trichur V. Ramachandran		1940-	2015	carnatic music vocalist	[15]
17.	Mangad K. Natesan			2016	carnatic music	[16]
18.	L. Subramaniam		1947-	2017	Carnatic music, Violinist	[17]
19.	Pala C. K. Ramachandran			2018	Carnatic musician	[18]
20.	T. M. Krishna		1976-	2019	Carnatic music vocalist	[18]
21.	K. Omanakutty		1943-	2020	Carnatic music vocalist	[19]
22.	P. R. Kumara Kerala Varma			2021	Carnatic music vocalist	[20]