Sangita Kalanidhi () is the title awarded annually to a Carnatic musician by the Madras Music Academy.
From 1929 to 1941, the award did not exist. The award was conceived in 1942 by Academy President K. V. Krishnaswami Iyer and on 1 January 1943 all musicians who had presided over the annual conferences between 1929 and 1942 were awarded the title. This included 2 or 3 past presidents - Palamarneri Swaminatha Iyer (1931), probably Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer (1936) and Mangudi Chidambara Bhagavatar (1937) - but no posthumous award has been presented since then. At times, 1946 is cited as the year of Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer's death, in which case he might have received the Sangita Kalanidhi in his lifetime.
List of recipients
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! Year
! Recipient
! Field
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|2026
|Jayanthi Kumaresh
|Saraswati veena player
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|2025
|R. K. Shriramkumar
|Violinist
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|2024
|T. M. Krishna
|Vocalist
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|2023
|Bombay Jayashri
|Vocalist
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|2022
|G. J. R. Krishnan, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
|Violinists
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|2021
|Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam
|Mridangam player
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|2020
|Neyveli Santhanagopalan
|Vocalist, Composer
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|2019
|S. Sowmya
|Vocalist
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|2018
|Aruna Sairam
|Vocalist, Collaborator, Composer
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|2017
|N. Ravikiran
|Slide instrumentalist (Chitravina), Vocalist, Composer (Returned in 2024)
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|2016
|A. Kanyakumari
|Violinist
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|2015
|Sanjay Subrahmanyan
|Vocalist
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| 2014
| T. V. Gopalakrishnan
| Vocalist / Mridangam player
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| 2013
| Sudha Ragunathan
| Vocalist
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| 2012
| Trichur V. Ramachandran
| Vocalist
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| 2011
| Trichy Sankaran
| Mridangam player
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| 2010
| Bombay Sisters (C. Saroja and C. Lalitha)
| Vocalists
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| 2009
| Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam
| Thavil player
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| 2008
| A. K. C. Natarajan
| Clarinet player
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| 2007
| Palghat R. Raghu
| Mridangam player
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| 2006
| T. N. Seshagopalan
| Vocalist, Veena Player, Harikatha artiste
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| 2005
| M. Chandrasekaran
| Violinist
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| 2004
| Vellore G. Ramabhadran
| Mridangam player
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| 2003
| T. V. Sankaranarayanan
| Vocalist
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| 2002
| Sikkil Sisters (Neela & Kunjumani)
| Flute players
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| 2001
| Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
| Mridangam player
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| 2000
| Vedavalli
| Vocalist
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| 1999
| T. K. Govindarao
| Vocalist
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| 1998
| Sheik Chinna Moulana
| Nadaswaram player
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| 1997
| M. S. Gopalakrishnan
| Violinist
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| 1996
| N. Ramani
| Flautist
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| 1995
| R. K. Srikantan
| Vocalist
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| 1994
| T. K. Murthy
| Mridangam player
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| 1993
| Mani Krishnaswami
| Vocalist
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| 1992
| Thanjavur K. P. Sivanandam
| Veena Player
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| 1991
| Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
| Vocalist
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| 1990
| D. K. Jayaraman
| Vocalist
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| 1989
| Maharajapuram Santhanam
| Vocalist
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| 1988
| T. Viswanathan
| Flautist
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| 1987
| B. Rajam Iyer
| Vocalist
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| 1986
| K. V. Narayanaswamy
| Vocalist
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| 1985
| S. Ramanathan
| Vocalist / Composer
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| 1984
| Doreswamy Iyengar
| Veena player
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| 1983
| Sripada Pinakapani
| Vocalist
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| 1982
| Embar S. Vijayaraghavachariar
| Harikatha exponent
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| 1981
| T. M. Thiagarajan
| Vocalist
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| 1980
| T. N. Krishnan
| Violin player
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| 1979
| K. S. Narayanaswamy
| Veena player
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| 1978
| Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
| Vocalist, Composer, Poet, Violinist / Viola player, Mridangam artist, Kanjira player, Collaborator , Music Director and Actor
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| 1977
| M. L. Vasanthakumari
| Vocalist
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| 1976
| T. Brinda
| Vocalist
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| 1975
| Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma
| Composer / Vocalist
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| 1974
| No Award Given (Bicentennary of Muttuswami Dikshitar's birth)