Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
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| Raja-Lakshmi Award | ||
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| Category | Fine Arts, Music, Science, Journalism Medicine, Social Service |
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| Instituted | 1979 | |
| First Awarded | 1979 | |
| Last Awarded | 2007 | |
| Total Awarded | 31 | |
| Awarded by | Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation | |
| Cash Award | Indian Rupees One Lakh | |
| First Awardee(s) | Sri Sri | |
| Last Awardee(s) | Dr.Ch.Gnaneswar Memorial Endowment Fund | |
Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation is a Charitable Trust that promotes Arts, Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Journalism, Humanities and other intellectual pursuits and to honour distinguished persons in these fields. Established in 1979 in Chennai by P.V. Ramaniah Raja, a businessman, the Foundation instituted the Raja-Lakshmi Award. The Raja-Lakshmi Award carries a prize amount of Rs.1,00,000/-, a Citation and a Plaque. The Awardee also receives the Dr. K.V. Rao & Dr. Jyoti Rao Award of US $ 2000, in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society (TFAS), New Jersey, USA.
Over the years, additional awards such as the Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskaram (instituted in 1994) to honour vedic scholars, Raja-Lakshmi Literary awards and "Recognise the Teacher" awards were instituted. Special awards have also been announced on a one-off basis. Presently the Awards being presented are 'Raja-Lakshmi Award' and the 'Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar'.
These Awards are announced on August 15th (birthday of Smt. Mahalakshmi Raja, former trustee of the Foundation) of every year and presented at a function on November 19th (birthday of Sri Ramaniah Raja) in the same year.
The Foundation also has been holding annual lectures on the 13th of March every year in memory of Late Smt. Mahalakshmi Raja.
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[edit] Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Award
[edit] Recipients of Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award
| S.No. | Year | Name of the Awardee |
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| 01 | 1987 | Ravuri Bharadwaja |
| 02 | 1988 | Nagabhairava Koteswara Rao |
| 03 | 1989 | Tirumala Ramachandra |
| 04 | 1990 | Ramavarapu Krishnamurthy Sastry |
| 05 | 1991 | Boyi Bhimanna |
| 06 | 1992 | Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu |
| 07 | 1993 | Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy |
| 08 | 1994 | P.S.R.Appa Rao |
| 09 | 1995 | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana |
| 10 | 1996 | Malati Chandur |
| 11 | 1997 | Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma |
| 12 | 1998 | K.Ramalakshmi |
| 13 | 1999 | Kothapalli Veerabhadra Rao & Dwivedula Visalakshi |
[edit] Recipients of Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar
| S.No. | Year | Name of the Awardee |
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| 01 | 1994 | Brahmasri Lanka Venkata Ramasastry Somayaji |
| 02 | 1995 | Brahmasri Sannidhanam Lakshminarayana Sastry |
| 03 | 1996 | Brahmasri Dendukoori Agnihotra Somayaji |
| 04 | 1997 | Brahmasri Remella Suryaprakasa Sastry |
| 05 | 1998 | Goda Subrahmanya Sastry |
| 06 | 1999 | Brahmasri Bhamidipati Mitranarayana Yajulu |
| 07 | 2000 | Dendukuri Venkatappa Yagnanarayana Poundarika Yajulu & Samavedam Ramagopala Sastry |
| 08 | 2001 | Brahmasri Gullapudi Anjaneya Ghanapaati |
| 09 | 2002 | Brahmasri Emani Ramakrishna Ghanaapati |
| 10 | 2003 | Brahmasri Adithe Suryanarayana Murty |
| 11 | 2004 | Dr.Vishnubhatla Subrahmanya Sastry |
| 12 | 2005 | ‘Veda Vibushana’ Kuppa Siva Subrahmanya Avadhani |
| 13 | 2006 | Sripada Srirama Nrusimha & Sripada Krishnamurthy Ghanaapati |
| 14 | 2007 | Gullapalli Venkata Narayana Ghanaapati |
[edit] Recipients of Special Awards
1983 - Palagummi Padmaraju
1992 - M.S.Bharat
1998 - Bhavaraju Sarveswara Rao
2002 - Gollapudi Maruthi Rao
[edit] Memorial Lectures delivered
2002 - A.Prasanna Kumar
2003 - Ajeya Kallam
2004 - Dr.B.P.Rajan
2005 - T.V.Sairam & B.M.Rao
2006 - K.Sivaprasad Gupta
2007 - K.Chaya Devi, Dr.K.Venkateswarulu & T.A.Venkateswaran
2008 - Dr.Perala Balamurali
[edit] Publications
| S.No. | Year | Name of Publication | Author |
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| 01 | 1985 | Bhaja Govindam | Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao |
| 02 | 1986 | Sundara Kandamu | Usha Sri |
| 03 | 1987 | Leela Krishnudu | Indraganti Srikantha Sarma |
| 04 | 1988 | Nityarchana | Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao |
| 05 | 1990 | Sri Mata | Sri Mataji Thyagisanandapuri |
| 06 | 1992 | Aatma Bodha | Karidehal Venkata Rao |
| 07 | 1996 | Sanatsu Jateeya Sourabham | Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma |
| 08 | 2000 | Sivananda Lahari Hamsa | Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma |
| 09 | 2006 | Pratibha Panchamrutham | Rambhatla Nrusimha Sarma |
| 10 | 2006 | Ramadas and Thyagaraja | Prof.A.Prasanna Kumar |
[edit] External links
[edit] Newspaper Articles
- Raja-Lakshmi Award presented, The Hindu, Tuesday, November 20, 2007
- Evocative vocals, enlightening talks, The Hindu, Friday, Mar 16, 2007
- Lending it the S.P Touch, The Hindu, Nov 21, 2006
- Raja-Lakshmi award for S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, The Hindu, August 15, 2006
- Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry selected for Raja-Lakshmi award, The Hindu, August 15, 2005
- Raja-Lakshmi Award for Sudha Murty, The Hindu, Aug 15, 2004
- Rewarding Eminence, The Hindu, Nov 25, 2002
