Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram Explained

Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram
Subheader:Award for individual contributions to art and culture
Sponsor:Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Government of Kerala
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:K. G. Subramanyan
Award3 Type:Last winner

The Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram (Raja Ravi Varma Award) is an annual award given by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Government of Kerala to a person showing excellence in the field of art and culture. The award is named after Raja Ravi Varma, the Indian Malayali painter and artist. The Kerala state Government instituted this award to honour outstanding Kerala painters and sculptors in 2001. The first recipient was K G Subramanian.[1] [2]

List of winners

YearAwardeeImage
2001K. G. Subramanyan
2002M. V. Devan
2003A. Ramachandran
2004Karuvattu Mana Vasudevan Namboothiri
2005Kanayi Kunhiraman
2006V. S. Valiathan
2007M. F. Husain
2008Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
2009C. N. Karunakaran
2010Ganesh Pyne
2011C. L. Porinchukutty
2012Yusuf Arakkal
2013K. V. Haridasan
2014Balan Nambiar
2015Akkitham Narayanan[3]
2016Anila Jacob[4]
2017P. Gopinath
2018Paris Viswanathan
2019
2020
2021
2022Surendran Nair[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HC stays Raja Ravi Varma award for Husain - Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com. 2019-09-23.
  2. Web site: Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. lalithkala.org. 2019-09-23.
  3. News: Raja Ravi Varma Award . The Hindu . 11 February 2016 . en-IN. 23 September 2019.
  4. News: Anila Jacob and P Gopinath receive Raja Ravi Varma Award - Times of India . The Times of India . 18 November 2019 . en.
  5. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/raja-ravi-varma-award-presented-to-surendran-nair/article68394301.ece