Kural Peedam Award Explained
The Kural Peedam Award (Tamil: குறள் பீடம் விருது) is a lifetime achievement presidential award given to eminent scholars of classical Tamil. The award was instituted in 2005 by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development in India.[1] [2] Two awards are presented annually, one for a person of Indian origin and another for a scholar of non-Indian origin. the award includes of a cash prize of 500,000 (just over $8,000 USD), a citation, and a shawl.
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Notes and References
- http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=71998 Press Information Bureau, India
- News: Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented . 10 October 2013 . The Hindu . 22 August 2020.
- Web site: LIST OF AWARDEES WITH CITATIONS . 2013-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045009/http://en.cict.in/pdf/en_awards.pdf . 2013-10-12 . dead .
- Web site: Tamil scholar from France gets award . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303183320/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1484395.ece#.UwC8zoVmy0I . dead . 3 March 2014 . The New Indian Express . 2014-03-27.
- Gazette_of_India (21–27 Feb 2015, page 102)
