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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kathakali Dance
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kathakali Dance is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. Some of the Kathakali Dancer Awardees are Kalamandalam M.P.S. Namboodiri, K. Kunhiraman Nair, Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan, Madambi Subramanian and many others.

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Year Dancers of Kathakali Year Dancers of Kathakali
2000 Nelliyodu Vasudevan Namboodiri 1973 Kavungal Chathunni Panicker, Velinezhi K. Nanu Nayar
1998 Kottakkal Sivaraman 1972 M. Madhava Panicker
1997 Madavoor Vasudevan Nair 1971 K. Karunakaran Nayar
1996 Kottakkal Krishnan Kutty Nair 1970 M. Vishnu Namboodiri
1993 Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair 1969 V. Kunchu Nair
1991 Chennithala Chellapan Pillai 1968 Kurichi Kunjan Panickar
1989 Oyoor Kochugovinda Pillai 1967 Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
1988 Keezhpatam Kumaran Nair 1965 Gopi Nath
1987 Kalamandalam Gopi 1963 Chengannur Raman Pillai
1985 Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai 1961 Thekinkatti Ramunni Nair
1983 K. C. Parameswaran Pillai "Champakulam Pachu Pillai" 1958 Thotton K. Chandu Panikkar
1975 K. Sankarankutty Panicker 1956 P. K. Kunju Kurup
1974 T. T. Ramankutty Nair    



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