Nataka Akademi Award for Best Classical Musician (1983). Kamukara Awards Thyagaraja Bhagavthar special awards by Tamil Nadu government Madras Music Academy Gold Medal Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Special Jury Awards Film fans awards Life achievement awards by the sangam kala group-hero honda Sivapadmam Award Swathi Ratna award and Title by Malayali club Madras for propagating Swathi Thirunal krithis Vayalar Memorial Cultural Award 1997" by Kala Kairali and Vayalar Memorial Cultural Award Academy. Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA) honorary membership. Titles Leela has been conferred with many titles like ''ganamani'', ''ganakokila'', ''kalarathnam'' and ''ganavarshini'', 1 Curnool - Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha - "Ganamathi" 2. Anbathur - Maunaswamigal - "Sangeetha Hamsani" 3. Guntur - Guntur Cultural Academy - "Ganakokila" 4. Chennai - St. Thomas Arts Academy - "Sangeetha Saraswathi" 5. Trivandrum - Trivandrum Devaswom Board - "Kalaratnam" 6. Newyork - Kannada Kota & Tamil Sangam - "Gana Varshini" 7. Guruvayoor - Venkatachalapathi Temple - "Nada Sudha" 8. Guruvayoor - Sangeerthana Trust - "Bakthi Gana Thilakam" 9. Arni - Sri Thyagaraja Sabha - "Irai Isai Mamani" 10. Guruvayoor - Guruvayoor Temple - "Sangeetha Narayani" Death P. Leela died on 31 October 2005, at 00:40 IST at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre in Chennai. She was hospitalized in late September after suffering serious injuries sustained due to a fall at the bathroom in her home. Though she was operated on, her condition suddenly worsened due to pneumonia, probably a complication of asthma she suffered for a long time, and she went into a deep coma a day before she died. She was cremated with full state honours the same day at Besant Negar Crematorium. Memorial An open stage named Thiruvarangu was built in 2018 at her native place Chittur-Tathamangalam in her memory. References External links 1934 births 2005 deaths Indian women playback singers Singers from Kerala Tamil playback singers Malayalam playback singers Kannada playback singers Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts People from Palakkad district 20th-century Indian singers Film musicians from Kerala Women musicians from Kerala 20th-century Indian women singers Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award