| Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram | |
|---|---|
| Award for individual contributions to art and culture | |
| Awarded for | Art and culture award in India |
| Sponsored by | Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Government of Kerala |
| Highlights | |
| First winner | K. G. Subramanyan |
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
List of winners
| 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[1] |  |
| 2016 | Anila Jacob[4] | |
| 2017 | P. Gopinath[4] | |
| 2018 | Paris Viswanathan | |
| 2019 | B.D. Datta | |
| 2020 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Raja Ravi Varma Award". The Hindu. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ "HC stays Raja Ravi Varma award for Husain - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ↑ "Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram | Kerala Lalithakala Akademi". lalithkala.org. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- 1 2 "Anila Jacob and P Gopinath receive Raja Ravi Varma Award - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 November 2019.
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