The Oscar winning musician A R Rahman honours on Monday received Japan's Fukuoka Prize 2016 for his outstanding contribution to Asian culture through his music.

Rahman’s hands full of awards for his mind blowing works as he awarded with two Oscars and a Golden Globe for his work in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and also includes National Awards and Filmfare awards.

Before Rahman Indian recipients of the award involve sitarist Ravi Shankar, dancer Padma Subrahmanyam, historian Romila Thapar, sarod player Amjad Ali Khan and historian Ramachandra Guha.

Apart from Rahman, Philippines' historian Ameth R Ocampo (Academic Prize) and Yasmeen Lari from Pakistan (Arts and Culture Prize) were also awarded the prize by the Fukuoka committee.