1958 : FILMFARE award for the song aaja re pardesi... from MADHUMATI

1962 : FILMFARE award for the song kahin deep jale kahin dil... from BEES SAAL BAAD

1965 : FILMFARE award for the song tumhin mere mandir... from KHANDAAN

1969 : FILMFARE award for the song aap mujhe achchhe lagne lage... from JEENE KI RAAH

(After 1969, she made the unprecedented gesture of renouncing FILMFARE awards in favour of fresh talent, except for a Lifetime Achievement award)

1980 : Was presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America

1980 : Honorary Citizenship. The Republic of Suriname, South America

1985 : 9th June declared as Asia Day in honour of her arrival in Toronto, Canada

1987 : Honorary Citizenship of the U.S.A, Houston, Texas, U.S.A

1994 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

1998 : Lux Zee Cine Lifetime Achievement Award

1999 : Padma Vibhushan

Doctor of Literature from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and Hyderabad University

Swar Bharati award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar

Lata says : "Maan sammaan has never meant much to me. The one time I felt fulifilled was in Tirupati, when I was given the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo(Court Musician of the Shrine). The whole atmosphere and the way it was conducted, made me feel so good that I remember, I sang for one and half hour at that function."
 

Lata Mangeshkar : A living legend...