Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram

Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram
Award for individual contributions to art and culture
Awarded for	Art and culture
Sponsored by	Kerala Lalithakala Akademi
Reward(s)	₹3 lakh
First award	2001
Final award	2022
Highlights
First winner	K. G. Subramanyan

The Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram is an annual award given by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi to a person showing excellence in the field of art and culture. ^[1] The award is named after Raja Ravi Varma, a Malayali painter and artist. It was instituted by the Government of Kerala in 2001 to honour outstanding painters and sculptors from Kerala. The first recipient was K. G. Subramanyan. ^{[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. Dethan
2020
2021
2022	Surendran Nair [5]

References

1. "Raja Ravi Varma Award". The Hindu. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
2. "HC stays Raja Ravi Varma award for Husain - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
3. "Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram | Kerala Lalithakala Akademi". lalithkala.org. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
4. "Anila Jacob and P Gopinath receive Raja Ravi Varma Award - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 November 2019.
5. "Raja Ravi Varma Award presented to Surendran Nair". The Hindu . 11 July 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 11 September 2024.

External links

• Official website