• Silver Lotus Awardee - Best Male Playback Singer - Om Kaara Nadhaanu - Shankarabharanam – 1980 (Telugu), Tere Mere Beech Mein - Ek Duje Ke Liye – 1982 (Hindi), Saagara Sangamam – 1984 (Telugu), Cheppaalani Undi - Rudra Veena - 1989 (Telugu), Umandu Ghumandu Ghana Gar Je Badara - Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai 1996 (Kannada), Thanga Thamarai - Minsaara Kanavu - 1997 (Tamil).
• Received Padma Shri in 2001.

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