Amrita Keerti Puraskar

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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.YearRecipient
12001 Acharya Narendra Bhooshan
22002 P. Parameswaran
32003Dr. Shankar Abhyankar and Prof. Harihara Shastri [2]
42004 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri [3]
52005 P. Narayana Kurup
62006 Pratibha Ray [4]
72007 Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthrikal [5]
82008Prof. R. Vasudevan Potti [6]
92009Prof. K.V. Dev [7]
102010Prof. N.P. Unni [8]
112011 M. P. Veerendra Kumar [9]
122012 C. Radhakrishnan [10]
132013 Manoj Das [11] and Thuravoor Viswambharan [12]
142014 S. Ramesan Nair [13]
152015Muthukulam Sridhar [14]
162016 Ambalapuzha Gopakumar [15]
172017Dr. M. Lakshmi Kumari [16]
182018 K. B. Sreedevi [17]
192019Vattaparambil Gopinathan Pillai [18]
202020 S. L. Bhyrappa [19]
212021 Acharyasri Rajesh
222022Srivaraham Chandrasekharan [20]
232023K.S. Radhakrishnan [21] [22]

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