1. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar 1972
2. Mankuthampuran 1972
3. K.J.Yesudas 1979
4. M.R.Sivaraman Nair 1979
5. Palakkad Raghu (Mruthangam) 1979
6. Paravoor G.Devarajan 1980
7. Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair (Mruthangam) 1980
8. V.Dakshinamoorthy 1982
9. Poomully Raman Namboodiripad 1983
10. Dr.Chalakudy N.S.Narayanaswamy (Violin) 1987
11. Dr.T.K.Moorthy (Mruthangam) 1989
12. Neyyattinkara Vasudevan 1989
13. Dr.Leela Omchery 1990
14. Padmabhooshan K.S.Narayanaswamy (Veena) 1991
15. C.S.Krishna Iyer 1994
16. Guruvayur S.Srikrishnan (Pullamkuzhal) 1997
17. Mavelikkara Velukutty Nair (Mruthangam) 1998
18. Mavelikkara S.R.Raju (Mruthangam) 1999
19. Thiruvizha Jayashanker 2000
20. B.Sasikumar (Violin) 2001
21. Nellai Krishnamurthi (Vocal) 2001
22. Mavelikkara Sankarankutty Nair 2001
23. B.Ponnammal 2002
24. K.P.Udayabhanu (Vocal) 2003
25. M.G.Radhakrishnan 2004
26. Santha P.Nair 2005
27. T.V.Gopalakrishnan (Mruthangam) 2006
28. M.S.Gopalakrishnan 2007
29. M.K.Arjunan 2008
30. Pala C.K.Ramachandran 2009
31. Palkulangara Ambikadevi 2010
32. Ananthalakshmi Venkitaraman 2011
33. Dr.K.Omanakutty 2012
34. Mangad Natesan 2013
35. Prof.M.Subrhamanya Sharma 2014
