Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal is an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of the television serials which air on Sun TV, presented by Sun Network. The first awards ceremony happened in 2010 and it is a biennial award ceremony.^[1][2]

The top four performances in all serials, including the serials that have ended the past year, in different categories are chosen by jurors. During February and March, the nominees are interviewed on Sun TV and viewers are asked to cast their votes by text messaging their favourite actor in each category. The actor receiving the highest votes are proclaimed winner of the award in that category. Technical awards are given to backstage technicians, such as screenwriters and directors, by Sun Network and are not chosen by viewers.

The Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010 were given for 22 categories, of which there were 8 main awards, 8 performance awards and 6 technical awards. The nominations and victories were based on votes via text messaging. The award ceremony was hosted by actress Kasthuri and Rishi.

Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial.^[3] Other winners were Arasi and Best Director V. Thiru Selvam for Kolangal with five awards, Thangam with three awards and Sivasakthi and Metti Oli with one.

The second edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012 was held on end December 2012. The award ceremony was hosted by actor Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya.^[4] Actress Radhika Sarathkumar won Lifetime Achievement Award^[5]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

The third edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014 was aired as two parts wherein the Part 1^[6] of the awards night to be telecast this Sunday 30 November 2014 and Part 2 by the succeeding Sunday 7 December 2014. The awards consists of 26 categories with 4 nominations each in various categories for the artists and technicians.^[7] Deepak Dinkar and Devadarshini as the Host. Many Kollywood celebs including Andrea Jeremiah, Shiva, Sanchita Shetty, Raai Laxmi, Pooja Umashankar and Vishakha Singh will be a part of the show.

The fourth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2018 was held on end December 2018. The award ceremony was hosted by RJ Vigneshkanth and Nakshathra

The fifth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2019 was held on end 5 January 2020. The award ceremony was hosted by Athulya and Aadhavan.^[8]

The sixth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2022 was aired as two parts wherein the Part 1 of the awards night aired on 17 April 2022 and Part 2 by 24 April 2022.^[9][10] Sathish and Dhanya Balakrishna as the Host.

The sixth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2023 was aired as three parts, the first part aired on 11 June, the second part aired on 18 June and the third part aired on 28 June.^[11] The hosts this time around were Rishi, Diya Menon, VJ Aswath and Bavithra.^[12]

• List of Asian television awards
• Vijay Television Awards
• Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal