Award recipients
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| 2012 | K. J. Yesudas | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | K. G. Jayan | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | P. Jayachandran | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | S. P. Balasubrahmaniam | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | M. G. Sreekumar | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Gangai Amaran | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | K. S. Chithra | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | P. Susheela | [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Ilaiyaraaja | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Veeramani Raju | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Alleppey Ranganath | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sreekumaran Thampi | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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