| 1978 |
Sri Ramachandra Iyer Sri Aripirala Satyanarayanamurthy Sri V. Sethuramiah |
| 1979 |
Sri Vazhuvur B. Ramiah Pillai |
| 1980 |
Sri T.S. Balakrishna Sastrigal Sri Tiruchi Swaminatha Iyer |
| 1981 |
Sri Dokka Sriramamurthy Sri A. Narayana Iyer Sri C.S. Krishna Iyer Sri K.P. Kittappa Pillai |
| 1982 |
Vidvan Devakottai
Sri Narayana Iyengar
Dr. S. Venkitasubramania Iyer |
| 1983 |
Sri Ramnad Easwaran
Sri Pudukode K. Krishnamurti |
| 1984 |
Sri R.K. Srikantan Vidushi T. Mukta |
| 1985 |
Sri B. Rajam Iyer
Sri Madirmangalam
Ratnachandran
Sri Srirangam Kannan |
| 1986 |
Sri P.K. Rajagopala Iyer Sri VS. Gomatisankara Iyer |
| 1987 |
Sri B.V.K. Shastri
Vidvan Tanjavur Sankara Iyer |
| 1988 |
Sri S.R. Janakiraman Sri M. Rajappa Iyer |
| 1989 |
Vidvan Kalakkad S.
Ramanarayana Aiyar
Vidushi Kalpakam Swaminathan |
| 1990 |
VidvanN.S. Krishnaswami |
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Iyengar
Vidvan Nagore Ambi Iyer |
| 1991 |
Smt. Mani Krishnaswami Smt. R. Vedavalli |
| 1992 |
Vidvan Sri S. Rajam Vidvan Sri Kuttalam Viswanatha Iyer |
| 1993 |
Vidvan Thiruveezhimizhalai Sri S. Natarajasundaram Pillai Dr. Vempati Chinnasatyam Vidushi T.R. Kamalamoorthy |
| 1994 |
Not awarded |
| 1995 |
Vidvan Sri R. Pichumani Natyacharya Pandanallur Sri C. Subbaraya Pillai |
| 1996 |
Smt. S. Sarada & Vidvan Sri M.S. Anantharaman |
| 1997 |
Smt. K.J. Sarasa & Vidvan
Madirimangalam
Sri Ramachandran |
| 1998 |
Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan Smt. Dwaram Mangatayaru |
| 1999 |
Vidvan Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar and Vidushi Vidya Sankar |
| 2000 |
Vidhushi Smt. Radha
Jayalakshmi and
Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali |
| 2000 |
Vidvan Sri V. Nagarajan Vidvan Haridwaramangalam Sri A.K. Palanivel |
| 2001 |
Vidvan V. Thyagarajan Vidushi Nirmala Ramachandran |
| 2002 |
Vidvan Dharmapuram
T. Swaminathan
Natyacharya
T.K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai
Vidvan Kalyanapuram
Aravamudhan |
| 2003 |
Sri S.R.D. Vaidyanathan Sri Guruvayur Dorai |
| 2004 |
Vidvan Anayampatti Sri S. Ganesan Smt. T.R. Balamani |
| 2005 |
Vidvan Ravikiran Guru Pandanallur Gopalakrishnan |
| 2006 |
Vidushi Padmavathy Ananthagopalan Vidushi A. Kanyakumari |
| 2007 |
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| 2008 |
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