Radha Namboodiri, veteran musician, guru and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, receiving the Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharya award from the Chairman V. Shankar, on 16 September 2018 in Mumbai. Her disciples presented a concert highlighting the Semmangudi bani.