Thiruvalluvar Award
Thiruvalluvar Award is an annual award given by the State Government of Tamil Nadu, India, in memory of the ancient poet-philosopher Valluvar. It is given to those who have made an outstanding contribution towards the Kural literature and its philosophy. It is given in January of every year since 1986, on the 2nd day of the Tamil month of Thai observed by the Tamil Nadu government as the Thiruvalluvar Day, and is given on behalf of Tamil Development Authority.[1]
The awardEdit
The award carries a cash prize of ₹ 100,000, a 1-sovereign gold medal, and a citation.[2] The award originally included a cash prize of ₹ 10,000. From 1991, the prize amount was increased to ₹ 20,000. From 1999, the prize amount was again increased to the current measure of ₹ 100,000.[3]
RecipientsEdit
| S.No. | Year | Recipient | Image | Birth / Death | Country | Description |
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| 1 | 1986 | Kundrakudi Adigalar |  India
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Hindu spiritual guru | ||
| 2 | 1987 | K. A. P. Viswanatham | India
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| 3 | 1988 | S. Dandapani Desikar | India
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| 4 | 1989 | V. Suba. Manikkam | India
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| 5 | 1990 | K. S. Anandan | India
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| 6 | 1991 | Sundarashanmuganar | India
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| 7 | 1992 | 'Navalar' Nedunchezhiyan | India
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| 8 | 1993 | Kallai D. Kannan | India
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| 9 | 1994 | Thirukkuralar V. Munusamy | India
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Awarded posthumously. | ||
| 10 | 1995 | S. Sivakamasundari | India
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| 11 | 1996 | M. Govindasamy | India
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| 12 | 1997 | K. Mohanraj | India
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| 13 | 1998 | Ira. Sarangapani | India
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| 14 | 1999 | V. S. Kulandhaisamy | India
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| 15 | 2000 | T. S. K. Kannan | India
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| 16 | 2001 | V. M. Sethuraman | India
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| 17 | 2002 | I. Sundaramurthi | India
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| 18 | 2003 | K. Mangaiyarkarasi | India
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| 19 | 2004 | R. Muthukumarasamy | India
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| 20 | 2005 | P. Arangasamy | India
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| 21 | 2006 | Aru. Alagappan | India
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| 22 | 2007 | K. P. Aravanan | India
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| 23 | 2008 | Kundrakudi Ponnambala Adigalar | India
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| 24 | 2009 | Pon Kodhandaraman (Porko) | India
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Tamil academician and former Madras University vice-chancellor.[4] | ||
| 25 | 2010 | Iravatham Mahadevan | India
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| 26 | 2011 | P. Valan Arasu | India
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| 27 | 2012 | S. Varadharajan | India
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Founder—Kural Manam monthly magazine[citation needed] | ||
| 28 | 2013 | N. Murugan | India
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| 29 | 2014 | Yu Hsi |  Taiwan
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The first foreign scholar to receive the Thiruvalluvar award.[5] | ||
| 30 | 2015 | K. Baskaran | India
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| 31 | 2016 | V. G. Santhosam | India
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| 32 | 2017 | P. Veeramani | India
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Tamil scholar.[2] | ||
| 33 | 2018 | G. Periyannan | India
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| 34 | 2019 | M. G. Anwar Bacha | India
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| 35 | 2020 | N. Nithyanandha Bharathi | India
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See alsoEdit
CitationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Polilan; K. Gunathogai; Lena Kumar; Tagadur Sampath; Mutthamizh; G. Picchai Vallinayagam; D. Anbunidhi; K. V. Neduncheraladhan, eds. (2019). Tiruvalluvar 2050 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Periyar Enthusiasts Group.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - TNN (29 December 2008). "Thiruvalluvar award for academician". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Express News Service (16 January 2014). "Taiwan-origin Tamil Scholar Gets Thiruvalluvar Award". The New Indian Express. Express Publications. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- Express News Service (16 January 2017). "Veeramani bestowed with Thiruvalluvar award". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- "CM hands over awards to Tamil scholars". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.