Awards and honours

Sankara Warrier has been honoured by several Kathakali clubs and cultural organisations.Once at Delhi by watching his performance, the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher embraced him and said in wonder "your fingers fluttered like butterfly wings".

• In 2006, he was honoured with a Veera Shrinkhala by the Maharaja of erstwhile Kochi atTripunithura. 
• In 2009, Warrier was honoured by musician K J Yesudas in a function held at the UAE, by a Dubai-based cultural organisation called Thiranottam.
• Shri Sankara Warrier was honoured with Best Maddalam Artist Award in 2011 by Kerala Kalamandalam. 
• Venkichan Smaraka Puraskaram (2012) for Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier for this contribution to Maddalam in Kathakali, Panchavadyam etc and also for the literature in Maddalam. 
• Maddalakesari Puraskaram by Pudayoor Temple, Thaliparamba, 2012