Narsinh Mehta Award

Narsinh Mehta Award
Narsinh Mehta Award
Narsinh Mehta
Award Information
Category Literature
Instituted 1999
First Awarded 1999
Last Awarded 2011
Total Awarded 13
Awarded by Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Cash Award INR1,51,000
First Awardee(s) Rajendra Shah
Last Awardee(s) Bhanuprasad Pandya

Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is largest award of Gujarati literature. The award is given to Gujarati Kavi or Shahityakar by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Shahity Nidhi, Junagadh. The award is held at crepuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. Award was started in the year of 1999. Award Winner gets the Idol of Narsinh Mehta and INR1,51,000 cash.[1]

List of Narsinh Mehta Award Winnder

Year Winnder
1999 Rajendra Shah
2000 Makrand Dave
2001 Niranjan Bhagat
2002 Amrut Ghayal
2003 Jayanta Pathak
2004 Ramesh Parekh
2005 Chandrakant Seth
2006 Rajendra Shukla
2007 Suresh Dalal
2008 Chinu Modi
2009 Bhagavatikumar Sharma
2010 Anil Joshi
2011 Bhanuprasad Pandya

See also

References

  1. ^ NMA 2011, Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog.

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