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Scheme of Conferring ‘Kalaimamani’ Award
Tamil NaduArtistsState/ UTNo start date
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What this is

The "Scheme of Conferring ‘Kalaimamani’ Award - Tamil Nadu" was launched by the Art & Culture Dept. Tamil Nadu. The awards felicitate the famous artists who are serving in a commendable manner in the fields of Eyal, Isai, Natakam, Natyam, Cinema, Isai Natakam, Folk arts, Television & related arts.

In detail

The "Scheme of Conferring ‘Kalaimamani’ Award - Tamil Nadu" was launched by the Art & Culture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. The awards felicitate the famous artists who are serving in a commendable manner in the fields of Eyal, Isai, Natakam, Natyam, Cinema, Isai Natakam, Folk arts, Television & related arts given investiture gold pendant of three sovereign ponnadai and citation.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be an Artist.
  • The artist should be popular and famous.
  • The artist should have professionally rendered yeomen services for the enrichment of the traditional arts.
  • The artist's performance should have had lasting contribution, popularity, and merit in the art disciplines of Tamil Literature, Music, Bharathanatyam, Drama, Film, Folk arts, Painting, Sculptures, Vigadam, etc.
  • An artist who is popular in various art disciplines can be conferred the Kalaimamani Award for one discipline only.
  • If more than one artist is jointly engaged in artistic pursuit in any of the art disciplines, the award will be given to them jointly.

NOTE 1: This award is conferred regardless of caste, religion, race and age.

NOTE 2: Individual works of art or a single achievement will not be considered for conferring this award.

What you get

The artist is provided with an Investiture Gold Pendant of three Sovereign Ponnadai and a Citation.

_*If the artist expires after the announcement of the award to him/her but before the investiture function, the award will be given to his/her dependent._

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schemeNameScheme of Conferring ‘Kalaimamani’ AwardmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme