Each award carries Rs 1 lakh, gold medal and a citation.

Chennai :

The State government on Monday announced the names of recipients of nine awards being presented to mark the Thiruvalluvar Day celebrations.

The awardees are: Pazha Nedumaran (Kamarajar award), C Ponnaiyan (Periyar award), Soolur Kalaipithan (KAP Viswanatham award), Poet Thiyaroo (Bharathidasan award), Dr K Ganesan (Thiru.Vi.Ka award), M Bharathi Sugumaran (Bharathiyar award), M Aikkan (Perarignar Anna award) C Ramaguru (Ambedkar award), and MG Anwar Batcha (Thiruvalluvar award).

Each award carries Rs 1 lakh, gold medal and a citation.  It will be presented by the Chief Minister on January 21.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service / January 15th, 2019