--- title: "Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?" description: "Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?" author: "Rohani Srivastava" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39682/name-the-veteran-playback-singer-who-has-been-awarded-the-harivarasanam-award-2017-by-the-kerala-government category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government? [Name](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100691/name-a-famous-tennis-tournament-played-on-grass) the veteran [playback singer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38514/name-the-legendary-playback-singer-of-south-indian-languages-who-has-entered-the-guinness-world-records-for-recording-highest-number-of-songs-in-several-languages-in-a-career-spanning-over-half-a-century) who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the [Kerala](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11942/sculling-in-the-backwaters-of-kerala) [Government](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1911/upi-transaction-would-cost-zero-service-charges-clarifies-government)? \ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8ead7d6a-e42d-4cd3-9dbc-9acc884f1f90/images/a6f41ecd-91f2-4262-9f59-ac9d2a5d2d91.jpeg)\ (KS Chithra receiving the Harivarasanam Award 2017) **Harivarasanam Award** for the year **2017** has been awarded to the veteran playback singer **KS Chitra** by the **Kerala Government**. State minister **Kadakampally Surendran** stated that KS Chitra has been bestowed with the honour for her contribution to propagating the spirit of **secularism and universal brotherhood**. ![Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8ead7d6a-e42d-4cd3-9dbc-9acc884f1f90/images/1c7f41e9-b223-436a-894a-6c98accae601.jpeg) Harivarasanam is a **devotional song** in **Malayalam** which is written in **eight** stanzas called **“Ashtakam”**. The song was written in **1947** by **Kambakudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer**. **Guruswami** Iyer used to sing this song after **Athazha pooja**, just before closing the **Sabarimala** temple’s door. ![Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8ead7d6a-e42d-4cd3-9dbc-9acc884f1f90/images/07ef8817-290f-4716-bc41-19c75d8846e1.jpeg) **Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra** often referred to as **Chithra** is an **Indian** playback singer. KS Chithra or simply Chithra was born on **27th July 1963** in **Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India**. Chithra has sung more than **25000** songs in numerous Indian languages such as **Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Oriya, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Tulu, Sanskrit** and **Badaga**. Chithra has also sung in foreign languages such as **Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, Malay** and **English**. Chithra also known as the **Melody Queen of India, Little Nightingale of India** has won **six National Film** awards which is the most by any female singer in India. Known as **Chinna Kuyil** in **Tamil Nadu** and **Vanambadi** in **Kerala**, KS Chithra has won different state film awards as well. She is also known as **Sangeeta Saraswathi** in **Andhra Pradesh** and **Telangana** and **Kannada Kogile** in **Karnataka**. ![Name the veteran playback singer who has been awarded the Harivarasanam Award 2017 by the Kerala Government?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8ead7d6a-e42d-4cd3-9dbc-9acc884f1f90/images/aaa3f09f-0554-4f50-92af-145e6d7bef43.jpeg) Chithra is the **first woman** from **India** to be honoured by **House of Commons, British Parliament, United Kingdom**. She was honoured at the **Qinghai International Music** and **Water Festival** by the **Government of China**. She is the **only Indian singer** to receive such honour from the Chinese Government. KS Chithra received **Padma Shri (civilian honour of Republic of India)** in the year **2005**. Chithra presented her maiden concert at the world’s prestigious concert **hall Royal Albert Hall** in **London**. She is the **only south Indian female singer** to do so. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39682/name-the-veteran-playback-singer-who-has-been-awarded-the-harivarasanam-award-2017-by-the-kerala-government Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.