Trust - Awards
In line with one of its objects, since year 2003, Nadhadweepam Trust began to honour Eminent Musicians in the field of Carnatic Music for their meritorious service with the prestigious title “NADHADWEEPA KALANIDHI” along with a Citation, a Purse and a Gold Coin. Apart from this title, The Trust has also given the award “NADHA VIDHYA BHOOPATHI”, “NADHADWEEPA RATHNAKARA”, “NADHADWEEPA SEVA RATHNA” and “NADHADWEEPA ACHARYA”. So far, the following musicians are awarded with this title:
Nadhadweepa Kalanidhi
| Year | Name of the Musician |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Mrudangam Vidhwan Vellore Sri G.Ramabhadran |
| 2004 | Clarinet Vidhwan Sri A.K.C. Natarajan |
| 2005 | Flute Vidhwan Sri Dr. N. Ramani |
| 2006 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Sri S.V. Parthasarathy |
| 2008 | Violin Vidhwan Dr. T.N. Krishnan |
| 2009 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Sri P.S. Narayanaswamy |
| 2010 | Mrudangam Vidhwan Guruvayoor Sri Durai |
| 2011 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Embar Sri Ragavasimhan |
| 2012 | Mrudangam Vidhwan Dr.T.K.Murthy |
| 2013 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Trichy Sri J.Venkataraman |
| 2014 | Mrudangam Vidhwan Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman |
Along with other major sabhas in Trichy, the Trust also had organised Felicitation events honouring Veterans like Sangeetha Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman, Mrudangam Vidhwan Trichy Dr.Sankaran, etc.
Nadhavidhya Bhoopathi
| Year | Name of the Awardees |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Violin Vidhwan Nagai Sri R.Muralidharan Sangeetha Vidhwan Maharajapuram Sri S. Srinivasan Mrudanga Vidhwan Thanjavur Sri Kumar Morsing Vidhwan Srirangam Sri Kannan |
| 2010 | Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. R Vedavalli |
| 2011 | Violin Vidhwan Lalgudi Sri G J R Krishnan |
| 2012 | Violin Vidhwan Sri M.A.Sundareswaran |
| 2013 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Dr.K.Vageesh |
Nadhadweepa Rathnakara
| Year | Name of the Awardees |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Sangeetha Vidhwan Sri P. Unnikrishnan |
Nadhadweepa Seva Ratna
| Year | Name of the Awardees |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Alathur Sri S. Thiagarajan |