1873 – First Prize of the Madras Governor Lord Hobart’s Gold Medal for his Painting ‘Nair Lady at the Toilet’ in the Fine Arts Exhibition.
1873 – Recognition and Certificate of Merit for the above Painting by the ‘International Art Exhibition’ at Vienna.
1874 – First Prize for the Painting ‘A Tamil Lady Playing the Sarabat’ in the Fine Art Exhibition, Madras.
1876 – First Prize for his Painting ‘Shakuntala Patralekhan’ at the Fine Arts Exhibition, Madras.
1893 – The World’s Columbian Commission Award for Paintings in Oil, Chicago
USA
– The World’s Columbian Award for Oil Paintings Illustrative of the Life
of Native People, Chicago USA