The Tolkappiyar award () is a Presidential Award for scholars in classical Tamil. The Tolkappiar awards were awarded from 2005 to 2006 in India.Press Information Bureau, India This award was instituted by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, for teaching, research and publication in classical Tamil.Presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil The award was named in honor of the ancient Tamil author, who is known for Tolkāppiyam. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a shawl.
Recipients Prof. Adigalasiriyar 2005–2006LIST OF AWARDEES WITH CITATIONS Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan 2009–2010 Prof. Tamizhannal Periakaruppan 2010–2011 Prof. S. N. Kandasamy 2012-2013 Prof. Dakshinamurthy Ayyaswami 2014-2015 Dr. R Kalaikkovan 2015–2016
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