President Pranab Mukherjee recently presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2013 to various artists at a function in New Delhi. Some of the recipients from the South were (from clockwise top left) Aruna Sairam (Carnatic music), Trichy Sankaran (Carnatic Instrumental Music - mridangam); Herambanathan (Bharatanatyam); Leelavati M. Kavi (puppetry); T.A.R. Nadirao and N. Jeeva Rao (folk music); Hyderabad Brothers (Carnatic music); K. Meenakshi (ghatam making); Prasanna Ramaswamy (direction); Chinta Seetha Ramanjaneyulu (Kuchipudi) and Jamuna Krishnan (Bharatanatyam)