Kalamandalam Gopi (Kathakali), K. P. A. C. Khan (Drama) and T. V. Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam) have won the Fellowships of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi for 2006.

Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards for the year went to G. Seethalakshmiammal (classical music), C.Rajendran (violin), Pazhayannur K. G. Krishnankutty (nagaswaram), Alappuzha Chandrasekharan Nair (thalavadyam),

K. P. A. C. Chandrasekharan (light music), Poovachal Khader (light song), Neeleswaram Sreedharan (drama - actor), Leela Panicker (drama- actress), Karivellur Murali (playwright), Kalamandalam Vasudevan (Kathakali), Deepthi Omcheri (mohiniattaom), Jancy Sebastian Tripoonithura (dance- margamkali), Paynkulam Damodara Chakyar (koodiyattam) , Margi Somadas (chenda), Beban Kaimaparamban (broadcasting), Krishnan Anjoottan (theyyam), Manampoor D. Radhakrishnan (kathaprasangam). Jayaprakash Kulur (drama-C. I. Parameswaran Pillai endowment) and C. H. Gopalan Kurikkal (folk arts - T. P. Sukumaran endowment) bagged endowment awards.

The Gurupooja prizes of the Akademi were won by Kalamandalam V. R. Padmini (dance), P. Vijayalakshmi (actress), Kochunarayana Pillai (drama), T. K. John (actor), Moozhikulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (chakyarkoothu), Avaneeswaram N. Ramachandran (classical music), Chirakkara Madhavankutty (kathakali), Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan (kathakali), R. P. Puthur (kathahaprasangam), M. K. Sivasankaran (broadcasting), C. S. Radhadevi (music, broadcasting), Kalamandalam Rajan (Kathakali), Gopalakrishna Kurup (yakshaganam), V. P. Joseph Valiaveettil (chavittunatakam), Peradippurathu Thevan (folk arts), Maradu Joseph (actor), P. N. M. Alikoya (mappila pattu), Kuttiyedathi Vilasini (actress), C. H. Bhaskaran Nambiar Aduthila (drama- direction), Sundareswari Amma (dance- keralanatanam), Kalamandalam Ramamohanan (Kathakali-chutti, chamayam).

Announcing the awards, Education Minister M. A. Baby and Akademi chairman Muraleedharan said that each fellowship carried Rs. 15000, a citation and plaque.