The Times of India's special publication Madhura Geetham, about the artistic heritage of Madurai, recognized Shri Muralidaran as one of the stalwarts of Indian classical dance and music.
On January 22, 2023, Shri Muralidaran was conferred lifetime achievement award by Niruthia Nithyalaya of Chennai and Natyanjali Academy Association of Malaysia.
[10] On February 16, 2023 Muralidaran Sir was given the award Natya Achaarya Choodamani for his contribution to the arts from Puducherry Natyanjali Trust at their 17th year Maha Shivarathiri Festival.https://www.instagram.com/p/Cou1pX_hrkM/ Muralidarn Sir organized a successful World Record Union record for the most people dancing with swords simultaneously (Hybrid) both online and in person with 1346 members at Jeppiaar University, Tamil Nadu (India) on 09 June 2024.
His productions, incorporating both dance and drama, are based on both traditional Hindu mythology as well as stories from ancient and contemporary Tamil literature.
[12] In November 2009, he debuted Silapathigaram, a production based on the classic Sangam Tamil epic by Ilango Adigal,[13] and which has since been performed worldwide from the US [14][15] to New Zealand.
[16][17] He is the first person to depict Amarar Kalki's historic thriller Sivakamiyin Sabadam on stage in his 2013 large-scale production lauded by The Hindu as a "zero-error show".
He conceptualized the production, composed the music, wrote the lyrics, choreographed items, created all graphic design elements and visuals, and directed and edited the pieces.
In July 2022, his large scale Tamil Sangam poetry production was presented for FETNA at their convention in New York by high caliber dancers hand-picked by Muralidaran himself.
On July 21, 2024 Muralidaran staged "The Dancer's Pledge: The Saga of Shivagami" in Boston where he again teamed up with Vision Aid for an annual fundraiser for the charity.
[33] February 8, 2025 Muralidaran's new production "Sakuntalam - A Dance Musical" based on Kalidas' story of Shakuntala (from the epic Mahabharata) was presented in Chennai.
In 2001, Sri Muralidaran was recognized by the prominent Indian music and dance critic Subbudu for "ushering in a new era of composing varnams for the Bharatanatyam repertoire with new themes and... encompassing varied rhythmic cycles with matching lyrics.
"[36] Having studied mridangam (percussion) in addition to his pursuit of Bharatha Natyam, Shri Muralidharan compositions explore the nuances of rhythm theory.
[45] In November 2018, Shri Muralidharan presented Dhimahi, a three-day dance festival described as "dynamic meditations on Laya" (rhythm), featuring new margams set to 5 more rare thalams.
In addition, renown guest artistes Shobana, Lavanya Shankar, Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala, Anitha Guha, Uma Murali, Rukmini Vijayakumar and Srekala Bharath showcased choreography in their own styles for some of Shri Muralidharan's other compositions.