Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam (Regd)

Sadguru Sri Thiagaraja Swamigal Jayanthi & Awards

Sadguru Sri Thiagaraja Swamigal's Annual Jayanthi Celebrations and SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA & KALA SEVA NIRATA Awards Functions

Every year the Jayanthi Day Celebration on Poosam Star on Tamil Chithirai Month. We celebrate for 5 Days. During the Festival, We are honouring Five Senior Vidhwans. Every year, Samajam celebrates Thiagarajar's Jayanthi for 5 days and giving Awards (SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA & KALA SEVA NIRATA) to 5 people (Eminent Musicians & Music Sevarthis).

Entries made in 5 years group, so, kindly check the respective year+5
  1. 1992
  2. 1996
  3. 2001
  4. 2006
  5. 2011
  6. 2016
  7. 2021

  1. 1992-1995 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    1992 Jayanthi Celebrations 2 Days only on April 1992

    1994 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from April 1994

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri H. Sankara Bhagavathar - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Maruthuvakudi Raja Gopala Iyer - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Mudikondan Krishnamurthy - Vocal

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri S. Viswanathan
    Sri T. T. Vasu

    1995 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from April/May 1995

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Dr. M. Gopalakrishnan
    Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna

  2. 1996-2000 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    1996 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards April 1996
    On 29-07-1996 Sangeetha Boopathy Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Day was celebrated

    Inaugurated by by Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna.
    Presided by Sri A. Natarajan(Retd.), Doordharshan Kendra, Chennai.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri A. S. Panchapakesha Iyer
    Sri Sirkazhi Jayaraman

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Dr. Nalli Kuppuswamy Chetti
    Kalaimamani Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavathar

    1997 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 09-05-1997 to 13-05-1997

    Inaugrated by T. T. Vasu.
    Presided by Kalaimamani Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavathar.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Pattamadai Krishnan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri K. V. Krishnan - Vocal

    1998 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 01-05-1998 to 05-05-1998

    Inaugrated by Dr. Nalli Kuppuswamy Chetti.
    Presided by Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Flute Vidhwan Sri K. R. Ganapathy - Flute
    Violin Vidhwan Sri M. S. Anantharama Iyer - Violin
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri V. S. Krishnamurthy Rao (Posthmous) - Vocal

    1999 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 21-04-1999 to 25-04-1999

    Inaugrated by Sri. M. Murali, Managing Director, Sri Krishna Sweets
    Presided by Kalaimamani Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavathar.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Veenai Vidhwan Thirukokarnam Sri Ramachandra Iyer - Veenai
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Kumbakonam Sri M. Rajappa Iyer - Mridhangam
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri V. S. Krishnamurthy Rao (Posthmous) - Vocal

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri R. Srinivasan (Nathopasana)

    2000 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 28-04-2000 to 02-05-2000

    Inaugrated by Sri. R. Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland.
    Presided by Padmasri M.S. Gopalakrishnan.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan K. R. Ketharnathan - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Kandadevi Sri Alagiriswamy - Violin
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Sri Viswanatha Iyer - Mridhangam

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri N. V. Subramanian

  3. 2001-2005 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    2001 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 28-04-2001 to 02-05-2001

    Inaugrated by Sri. B. R. Kumar, Station Director, All India Radio, Chennai.
    Presided by Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri T. P. Vaidhyanathan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Chenglepet Sri Ranganathan - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sri. M. S. Gopalakrishnan - Violin
    Violin Vidhwan Kovai Sri B. Dakshinamurthy - Violin
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Guruvayur Sri Dorai - Mridhangam

    2002 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 21-04-2002 to 25-04-2002

    Inaugrated by Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna.
    Presided by Sri. R. Krishnaswamy, Secretary, Naradha Gana Sabha, Chennai.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri V. Srinivasa Iyangar - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri P. S. Narayanaswamy - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Dr. Rajalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sikkil Sri R. Bhaskaran - Violin
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Karaikudi R. Chandramouli - Mridhangam

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri T. R. Subramaniam

    2003 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 08-05-2003 to 12-05-2003

    Inaugrated & Presided by Sri N. R. Chandran, Advocate General, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Kumbakonam Sri Viswanatha Iyer - Vocal
    Flute Vidhwan Sri Venkatarama Iyer - Flute
    Violin Vidhwan Sri M. Chandrasekaran. - Violin
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Sri T. K. Murthy - Mridhangam

    2004 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 27-04-2004 to 01-05-2004

    Chief Guest : Hon’ble Justice Mr. M. Karpagavinayakam
    Inaugrated & Presided by Sri R. Seshasayee

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri T. R. Vaithiswaran - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Rajam - Vocal
    Veenai Vidhwan Sri R. Pitchumani Iyer - Veenai
    Flute Vidhwan Sri K. V. Ramanujam - Flute

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri K. S. Mahadevan (Music Critic)

    2005 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 14-05-2005 to 18-05-2005

    Inaugrated by Sri A.V.M . Saravanan
    Presided by A. Natarajan, Retd. Station Director, Doordarshan, Chennai

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhushi Ms. A. P. Komala - Vocal
    Veenai Vidhushi Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan - Veena
    Violin Vidhushi Smt, T. Rukmani - Violin
    Flute Vidhwan Sri A. V. Unnikrishnan - Flute

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri M. Murali, MD, Sri Krishna Sweets
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  4. 2006-2010 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    2006 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 04-05-2006 to 09-05-2006

    Inaugrated & Presided by N. Murali, Music Academy, Chennai

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Dr. B. Rajam Iyer - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri S. R. Janakiraman - Vocal
    Veenai Vidhushi Smt. Vidhya Sankar - Veena
    Flute Vidhushi Smt. Mayavaram Saraswathi - Flute
    Flute Vidhushi T. R. Navaneetham - Flute
    Violin Vidhushi Dwaram Mangathayaru - Violin
    Mridhanga Vidhwan Sri Madras Kannan - Mridhangam

    2007 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 22-04-2007 to 26-04-2007

    Inaugrated & Presided by Sri Cho Ramaswamy, Editor Thuklak, Chennai

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri A. Sundaresan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt. Meera Kedharnathan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushis Bombay Sisters Smt. C. Saroja & Smt. C. Lalitha - Vocal
    Musicologist Sri. B. Madhavan
    Jaladharanga Vidhwan Aanayampatti S. Ganesan - Jaladharangam
    Gettu Vadhyam Vidwan Sri H. Subramanian - Gettu Vadhyam
    Tambura Vidwan Sri S. Venkataraman - Tambura

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri V. V. Srivatsa
    Sri V. C. Srikumar (Advocate)

    2008 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 11-05-2008 to 15-05-2008

    Inaugrated & Presided by Kala Seva Nirata Dr. V. V. Srinivas

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Thiruppamburam Shanmugaundaram - Vocal
    Nadaswara Vidhwan Sri Tiruvarur S. Latchappa Pillai - Nadaswaram
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt. Suguna Purusothaman - Vocal
    Flute Vidhwan Sri T.S. Sankaran - Flute
    Veena Vidhushi Smt. Ranganayaki Rajagopalan - Veena
    Violin Vidhwan Sri C. Lakshmi Narayanan - Violin
    Mridanga Vidwan Sri Ramnad Raghavan - Mridangam

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri V. Umashankar
    Sri N. Varadarajan

    2009 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 01-05-2009 to 05-05-2009

    Inaugrated by Sri A. Natarajan, Former Director, Doordarshan, Chennai
    Presided by Sri B. Madhavan, Secretary, Sanskrit College, Chennai

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhushi Smt. N. C. Soundaravalli - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Vilangudi Venkataraman - Vocal
    Violin Vidhushi Savithri Sathyamurthy - Violin
    Mridanga Vidwan Sri Madurai T. Srinivasan - Mrudangam
    Kanjira Vidwan Sri Mayuram Somasundaram - Kanjira

    2010 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 22-04-2010 to 26-04-2010

    Inaugrated by Sri S. Balasubramanian, Managing Director & Chief Executive, City Union Bank Ltd
    Presided by Sri T. K. Govinda Rao, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidwan T. K. Govinda Rao - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt R. Vedavalli - Vocal
    Violin Vidwan Sri V. V. Subrahmanyam - Violin
    Mridanga Vidwan Sri Vellore Ramabadran - Mrudangam
    Ghatam Vidwan Sri T.H. Vikku Vinayakaram - Ghatam

  5. 2011 - 2015 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    2011 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 09-05-2011 to 13-05-2011

    Inaugrated by Sri Sri K. Vaidhyanathan, Editor, Dinamani
    Presided by Padmasri M.S. Gopalakrishnan, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Flute Vidwan N. Ramani - Flute
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt Jaya Krishnan - Vocal
    Nadaswara Vidwan Sri Seshampatti T. Sivalingam - Nadaswaram
    Violin Vidhushi Kumari A. Kanyakumari - Violin
    Mridanga Vidwan Sri Mannargudi Eswaran - Mrudangam

    2012 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 29-04-2012 to 03-05-2012

    Inaugrated by Sri Muralidharan, DGM, Business & Operations, State Bank of India, Chennai Zone
    Presided by Dr. N. Ramani, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal & Mridanga Vidwan T. V. Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidwan Sri Trichur Ramachandran - Vocal
    Violin Vidwan Sri Thiruvallur Parthasarathy - iolin
    Mridanga Vidwan Sri Tanjore R. Ramadoss - Mrudangam
    Ghatam Vidwan Sri E. M. Subramanyam - Ghatam

    2013 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 19-04-2013 to 23-04-2013

    Inaugrated by Sri M. Kathiresan, General Manager, Indian Bank, Zonal Office, Chennai
    Presided by Dr. N. Ramani, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidwan T. Lokanatha Sharma - Vocal
    Violin Vidwan Sri T.N. Krishnan - Saxophone
    Mrudanga Vidwan Sri K. S. Kalidas - Mrudangam
    Harikatha Vidhushi Smt Gowri Rajagopal - Vocal

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri S. Rajaraman

    2014 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 06-05-2014 to 10-05-2014

    Inaugrated by Sri R. Nataraj, IPS, Former DGP & Former Chairman TNPSC
    Presided by Dr. N. Ramani, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidwan D. Pasupathi - Vocal
    Saxophone Vidwan Sri Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone
    Mrudanga Vidwan Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mrudangam
    Vocal Vidhushi Suguna Varadhachari - Vocal
    Violin Vidwan Sri M. A. Sundareswaran - Violin

    2015 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 26-04-2015 to 30-04-2015

    Inaugrated by Sri E. Mariappan, Director, News Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai
    Presided by Dr. N. Ramani, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidwan Sri Thirupoonthuruthi V. Venkatesan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt T. M. Prabhavathi - Vocal
    Violin Vidhushi Smt. Lalitha Raghavan - Violin
    Ghatam Vidwan Sri Pudukkottai N. Ramachandran - Ghatam
    Kanjira Vidwan Sri K. S. Rangachary - Kanjira

  6. 2016-2020 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    2016 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 12-05-2016 to 16-05-2016

    Inaugrated by Sri Sri Murali, President, Music Academy, Chennai
    Presided by Padmabushan Mrudangam Legend Dr. Umayalpuram Sivaraman

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Mrudanga Vidwan Dr. Umayalpuram Sivaraman - Mrudangam
    Vocal Vidhushi Padma Narayanaswamy - Vocal
    Violin Vidwan Sri T.K. Padmanabhan - Violin
    Veena Vidhushi Smt. R. S. Jayalakshmi - Veena
    Ghatam Vidwan Sri Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

    2017 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 02-05-2017 to 06-05-2017

    Inaugrated by Sri Murali, Managing Director, Krishna Sweets, Chennai
    Presided by Dr. R. Vedavalli, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri T. V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhwan G.S. Mani - Vocal
    Flute Vidhushi Smt. Sikkil N. Neela - Flute
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri Trichur C. Narendran - Mridangam
    Morsing Vidhwan Sri A. S. Krishnan - Morsing

    2018 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 23-04-2018 to 27-04-2018

    Inaugrated by Sri. T.S. Krishnamurthy, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Chennai..
    Presided by Sangeetha Kalanithi Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Sirkazhi Dr. Sivachidamabaram - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Neela Ramgopal - Vocal
    Veena Vidhushi Smt. Kalyani Ganesan - Veena
    Violin Vidhwan Sri V. V. Ravi - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri Madirmangalam Swaminathan - Mridangam

    2019 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 11-05-2019 to 15-05-2019

    Inaugrated by Dr.S. Balasubramanian, Chairman, City Union Bank Foundation, Former CMD, CUB, Chennai.
    Presided by Kalaimamani Srimushnam Sri. V. Raja Rao

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran - Vocal
    Veena Vidhushi Smt. Padmavathi Ananthagopalan - Veena
    Violin Vidhwan Sri V. L. Kumar - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Dr. A. Ramji, Retd. GM, Indian Railways

    2020 Jayanthi Celebrations

    NOT CELEBRATED DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC

  7. 2021-2025 - Jayanthi & Awardees


    CURRENT YEAR 2025

    2025 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards
    from 04-MAY-2025 to 08-MAY-2025 (5 Days Celebrations)

    Chief Guest & Honouring Awardees by Sri S. Gurumurthy, Editor, Thuglak Magazine, Chennai.
    Preside by Padmabushan Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan, President of the Samajam
    Date & Time : 04-MAY-2025, 5.30PM


    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Dr. B. Govindarajan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt. Mangalam Shankar - Vocal
    Vainika Vidhushi Smt Vasantha Krishnamurthy - Vainika
    Violin Vidhushi Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri T. Shyam Sundar - Mridangam

     

    2021 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 20-04-2021(one day only) - COVID-19

    Inaugrated by Sri K.V.S. Gopala Krishnan, IPS, Former DGP, Chennai.
    Presided by Padma Bushan Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Dr. Nimala Sundarrajan - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sri M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Dr. Thiruvarur Bhakthavasalam - Mridangam

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri. S. Madhavan, Treasurer of the Samajam

    2022 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 07-05-2022 to 11-05-2022

    Inaugrated by Sri Gopala Krishnan, Vice President , Hyundai, Chennai.
    Presided by Sangeetha Kalanithi Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Veena Vidhwan Sri S. Ravindran - Veena
    Vocal Vidhushi Shyamala Venkateswaran - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sri Vittal Ramamoorthy - Violin
    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Madurai Rajaram - Vocal
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri T. R. Sundaresan - Mridangam

    2023 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 27-04-2023 to 01-05-2023

    Inaugurated by Sri Kamakoti, Director, IIT, Chennai.
    Presided by Sangeetha Kalanithi Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri Alleppey Venkatesan - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Dr. M. A. Bhageerathi - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sri R. Kailasam - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri K. Srivatsava - Mridangam

     

    KALA SEVA NIRATA

    Sri. G. Lakshmi Narayanan

    2024 Jayanthi Celebrations & Awards from 17-04-2024 to 21-04-2024

    Inaugurated by Sri S. Ramakrishnan, IRS, Former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai.
    Presided by Padmabushan Dr. T.V. Gopala Krishnan, President of the Samajam

    Felicitations - Honoured Awardees

    SANGEETHA SEVA NIRATA

    Vocal Vidhwan Sri P. Purnachandar - Vocal
    Vocal Vidhushi Smt Charumathi Ramachandran - Vocal
    Violin Vidhwan Sri M.R. Gopinath - Violin
    Mridanga Vidhwan Sri Thanjavur S. Subramanian - Mridangam
    Kanjira Vidhwan Sri Krishnapuram K.V.R.S. Mani - Kanjira