List of awards and honours received by Chembai

Swami Sivananda who was then camping at Trichy, was invited to honour Chembai and bestow the title of Sangeeta Samrat (Emperor of Music) on him.

[1] Chembai visited Mysore at the invitation of Krishnarajendra Wodeyar, its then Maharaja, and gave a command performance there.

[3] The recognition most coveted by Carnatic musicians is the invitation to preside over the annual conference of the Music Academy of Madras.

I have no doubt that the art and practice of Carnatic music will flourish and grow with good cooperation between vidwans and rasikas.

[5] Chembai received the 'Sangeet Natak Akademi Award' in 1958, from the President of India Dr. S.Radhakrishnan, at Delhi before an invited audience of eminent Hindustani and Carnatic musicians and rasikas.

[citation needed] The Padma Bhushan is a national award bestowed by the President of India on select musicians and other eminent people.