Amrita Keerti Puraskar Explained

Amrita Keerti Puraskar (Award) has been given each year since 2001 by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math to people who have made significant contributions to Indian Culture and the Vedic tradition.^[1] This accolade includes a monetary prize of Rs. 123,456, an idol of Saraswati Devi crafted by the artist Karuvattu Mana Vasudevan Namboothiri and a certificate of commendation from the Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The presentation ceremony takes place annually on Mata Amritanandamayi's birthday.

Winners

SL. No.	Year	Recipient
1	2001	Acharya Narendra Bhooshan
2	2002	P. Parameswaran
3	2003	Dr. Shankar Abhyankar and Prof. Harihara Shastri^[2]
4	2004	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri^[3]
5	2005	P. Narayana Kurup
6	2006	Pratibha Ray^[4]
7	2007	Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthrikal^[5]
8	2008	Prof. R. Vasudevan Potti^[6]
9	2009	Prof. K.V. Dev^[7]
10	2010	Prof. N.P. Unni^[8]
11	2011	M. P. Veerendra Kumar^[9]
12	2012	C. Radhakrishnan^[10]
13	2013	Manoj Das^[11] and Thuravoor Viswambharan^[12]
14	2014	S. Ramesan Nair^[13]
15	2015	Muthukulam Sridhar^[14]
16	2016	Ambalapuzha Gopakumar^[15]
17	2017	Dr. M. Lakshmi Kumari^[16]
18	2018	K. B. Sreedevi^[17]
19	2019	Vattaparambil Gopinathan Pillai^[18]
20	2020	S. L. Bhyrappa^[19]
21	2021	Acharyasri Rajesh
22	2022	Srivaraham Chandrasekharan^[20]
23	2023	K. S. Radhakrishnan^[21] ^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amrita Keerti Puraskar . Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi . 22 October 2023.
2. Web site: Amrita Keerthi Awards . Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi . 22 October 2023 . 24 September 2003.
3. Web site: Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri . Edubilla.com . 22 October 2023 . en.
4. News: Oriya write Pratiba Ray to receive Amrita Keerti Award . 22 October 2023.
5. Web site: Brahmasree Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthri . vaikhari.org.
6. News: Keralam . Haindava . Migration . H. K. . R Vasudevan Potti to receive Amrita Keerti Puraskar . 22 October 2023 . Haindava Keralam . 24 September 2008 . ml-IN.
7. Web site: Keralam . Haindava . Migration . H. K. . Prof. K.V. Dev to receive Amrita Keerti puraskar . Haindava Keralam . 22 October 2023 . ml-IN . 20 September 2009.
8. News: Amrita Keerti Puraskar for N P Unni . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
9. News: Amrita Keerthi literary award for Veerendra Kumar . 22 October 2023 . Hindustan Times . 20 September 2011 . en.
10. News: Kalamritam 2014 - Annual Cultural Festival Held - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham . 22 October 2023 . www.amrita.edu . 18 October 2014.
11. News: Writer Manoj Das selected for Amrita Keerti Puraskar instituted by Mata Amritanandamayi Math . 22 October 2023 . The Times of India . 18 September 2013.
12. News: Thuravoor Viswambharan, Sanskrit scholar, is no more . 22 October 2023 . The Times of India . 21 October 2017.
13. News: Amrita Keerthi Puraskar for S Ramesan Nair . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
14. News: Muthukulam Gets Amritakeerti Award . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
15. News: Honour for Ambalapuzha Gopakumar . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
16. Web site: AMRITA KEERTI PURASKAR . Vivekananda Kendra Vedic Vision Foundation . 22 October 2023.
17. News: Award for litterateurs KB Sreedevi and Gopinatha Pillai . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
18. News: Amritanandamayi’s 66th birthday fete today: Tech-enabling centre to be set up . 22 October 2023 . The New Indian Express.
19. News: Bhyrappa receives Amrita Keerti award . 22 October 2023 . The Times of India . 5 October 2023.
20. Web site: Srivaraham Chandrasekharan receives 2022 Amrita Keerti-Puraskara . Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi . 22 October 2023 . 3 October 2023.
21. Web site: K.S. Radhakrishnan receives 2023 Amrita Keerti-Puraskara Amma . Amma, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi . 22 October 2023 . 3 October 2023.
22. News: Bureau . The Hindu . Mata Amritanandamayi airs her concern over youth’s exposure to negative influences . 22 October 2023 . The Hindu . 3 October 2023 . en-IN.