Best
actress award of the Film Fans Association in 1954,'59,'61 and
'66.
The
Kalai Mamany Award from Tamil Nadu Government in 1958.
The
Best Classical Dancer Award from Moscow Youth Festival in 1957.
The
Filmfare Award in 1985.
The
erstwhile Soviet Union released a postal stamp in her honor.
During
the Indian-Pakistan war in 1965, she went to the war front and
performed for the wounded Indian soldiers. She also performed
for the sick in hospitals in Madras.
Famous Dance Presentations
She
has given dance performances at:
Madras
Music Academy
Shanmukhananda
Sabha,
Indian
Fine Arts Society
Tamil
Sangam, Madras
She
has given performances at the Rashtrapathy Bhavan, New Delhi
and on the stage in front of personalities like Queen Elizabeth,
Pandit Nehru, Sardar Patel, President Rajendra Prasad, President
Radhakrishnan, Lady Mountbatten, and Premier Bulganin of Russia.
