Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award
Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award (or usually referred to as Yesudas Award) is a prestigious award for music artists in recognition to their outstanding performance. The award is instituted jointly by Swaralaya, an organization that promotes music and Kairali Channel, based at Trivandrum, India. Awards have been given annually since 2000. K. J. Yesudas presents the awards at a Gandharva Sandhya on every January.
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas awardees
| Year | Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas award |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Vidyasagar |
| 2012 | M. Jayachandran |
| 2011 | M. G. Sreekumar |
| 2010 | Shreya Ghoshal |
| 2009 | Sujatha Mohan |
| 2008 | Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 2007 | Shankar Mahadevan |
| 2006 | A.R. Rahman |
| 2005 | Sonu Nigam |
| 2004 | Hariharan |
| 2003 | K. S. Chithra |
| 2002 | Asha Bhosle |
| 2001 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| 2000 | P. Jayachandran |
Special Jury awardees
| Year | Special Jury award |
|---|---|
| 2012 | T. M. Soundararajan |
| 2009 | M. K. Arjunan |
| 2008 | M. S. Viswanathan |
| 2007 | V. Dakshinamoorthy |
| 2006 | K. Raghavan |
| 2005 | P. Susheela |
| 2004 | Santha P. Nair |
| 2003 | P. Leela |
| 2002 | Manna Dey |
| 2001 | S. Janaki |
| 2000 |
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary awardees
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary award was introduced in 2010 in order to honour the legends in music.
| Year | Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary award |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Lata Mangeshkar |
See also