[5] Krishnan's oeuvre includes music compositions for dances as well as for literary works such as Thiruppavai, Naalayira Divya Prabhandham and Thiruvasagam.
[6] Several notable dancers including Sudharani Raghupathy and Chitra Visweswaran have performed Krishnan's compositions and he also served as the director of Shree Bharatalaya, an academy he co-founded with the former in 1965.
[8] Shri Krishna silambam an eponym of Madurai.N.Krishnan was started by his grand daughter and disciple R.Sudhalalxmi in the year 2014.
Krishnan, an 'A Top' grade artiste of the All India Radio, received the UNESCO Award in 1970 and the Kalaimamani of the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1981.
[10] In between, the Indian Fine Arts Society conferred the title of Sangeetha Kala Sikhamani in 1999.