Thiruvalluvar Award is an annual award given by the State Government of Tamil Nadu, India, in memory of the ancient poet-philosopher Valluvar. It is given to those who have made an outstanding contribution towards the Kural literature and its philosophy. It is given in January of every year since 1986, on the 2nd day of the Tamil month of Thai observed by the Tamil Nadu government as the Thiruvalluvar Day, and is given on behalf of Tamil Development Authority.
The award The award carries a cash prize of 100,000, a 1-sovereign gold medal, and a citation. The award originally included a cash prize of 10,000. From 1991, the prize amount was increased to 20,000. From 1999, the prize amount was again increased to the current measure of 100,000.
Recipients S.No. Year Recipient Image Birth / Death Country Description 1 1986 Kundrakudi Adigalar 1925–1995 India Hindu spiritual guru 2 1987 K. A. P. Viswanatham 1899–1994 India 3 1988 S. Dandapani Desikar India 4 1989 V. Suba. Manikkam 1917–1989 India 5 1990 K. S. Anandan 1934–1999 India 6 1991 Sundarashanmuganar 1922–1997 India 7 1992 'Navalar' Nedunchezhiyan 1920–2000 India 8 1993 Kallai D. Kannan India 9 1994 Thirukkuralar V. Munusamy 1913–1994 India Awarded posthumously. 10 1995 S. Sivakamasundari India 11 1996 M. Govindasamy India 12 1997 K. Mohanraj India 13 1998 Ira. Sarangapani India 14 1999 V. S. Kulandhaisamy 1929–2016 India 15 2000 T. S. K. Kannan India 16 2001 V. M. Sethuraman India 17 2002 I. Sundaramurthi India 18 2003 K. Mangaiyarkarasi India 19 2004 R. Muthukumarasamy India 20 2005 P. Arangasamy India 21 2006 Aru. Alagappan India 22 2007 K. P. Aravanan 1941–2018 India 23 2008 Kundrakudi Ponnambala Adigalar India 24 2009 Pon Kodhandaraman (Porko) India Tamil academic and former Madras University vice-chancellor. 25 2010 Iravatham Mahadevan 1930–2018 India 26 2011 P. Valan Arasu India 27 2012 S. Varadharajan India Founder—Kural Manam monthly magazine 28 2013 N. Murugan India 29 2014 Yu Hsi 1951– Taiwan The first foreign scholar to receive the Thiruvalluvar award. 30 2015 K. Baskaran 1951– India 31 2016 V. G. Santhosam India 32 2017 P. Veeramani India Tamil scholar. 33 2018 G. Periyannan India 34 2019 M. G. Anwar Bacha India 35 2020 N. Nithyanandha Bharathi India 362021Vaigai Selvan India372022M. Meenakshi Sundaram IndiaFormer president of Bengaluru Tamil Sangam382023Iraniyan N. K. Ponnusamy India 392024Balamuruganadi Swamigal India 402025Perumpulavar M. Padikkaramu India412026M. P. Sathiyavel Murugan India
See also Kural Peedam Award
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External links Official site of the Government of Tamil Nadu Awards