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The '''Tolkappiyar award''' ({{lang-ta|தொல்காப்பியர் விருது}}) is a Presidential Award for scholars in [[classical Tamil]]. The Tolkappiar awards were awarded from 2005 to 2006 in [[India]].<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=71998 Press Information Bureau, India]</ref> This award was instituted by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] functioning under the aegis of [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]], for teaching, research and publication in [[classical Tamil]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil-presented/article5219483.ece Presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil]</ref> The award was named in honor of the ancient Tamil author, who is known for [[Tolkāppiyam]]. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a shawl.<br />
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==Recipients==<br />
* Prof. Adigalasiriyar 2005–2006<ref>[http://en.cict.in/pdf/en_awards.pdf LIST OF AWARDEES WITH CITATIONS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045009/http://en.cict.in/pdf/en_awards.pdf |date=2013-10-12 }}</ref><br />
* Dr. [[Iravatham Mahadevan]] 2009–2010<br />
* Prof. [[Tamizhannal Periakaruppan]] 2010–2011<br />
* Prof. [[S. N. Kandasamy]] 2012-2013<br />
* Prof. [[A. Dakshinamurthy|Dakshinamurthy Ayyaswami]] 2014-2015<br />
* Dr. [[R Kalaikkovan]] 2015–2016<br />
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==References==<br />
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