Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award (or usually referred to as
Yesudas Award) is an award for music artists in recognition to their outstanding performance. The award is instituted jointly by ''Swaralaya'', an organization that promotes music and
Kairali Channel, based at
Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the largest and ...
,
India
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. Awards have been given annually since 2000.
K. J. Yesudas presents the awards at a
Gandharva
A ''gandharva'' () is a member of a class of celestial beings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, whose males are divine performers such as musicians and singers, and the females are divine dancers. In Hinduism, they ...
Sandhya on every January.
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas awardees
Special Jury awardees
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary awardees
Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas Legendary award was introduced in 2010 in order to honour the legends in music.
See also
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Yesudas
External links
Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award list
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K. J. Yesudas
Indian music awards
2000 establishments in Kerala
Awards established in 2000
Kerala awards