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