he was awarded the veera srumkhala from, chithira thirunal balarama varma the king of travancore. the guru status was awarded later by indian people's theatre association (ipta). the rabindra bharathi university honoured him with a doctorate. his statue was erected in viswa bharathi university. his illustrious demonstration of nava rasa (the nine emotions) is featured in major museums in us, france, germany and switzerland.