BJP MP Tarun Vijay becomes first north Indian to get Kamban Acedemy award

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Tarun Vijay receiving famous Kamban Acedemy award from Justice Rama V Subramniyam.
Tarun Vijay receiving famous Kamban Acedemy award from Justice Rama V Subramniyam.

New Delhi :

Tarun Vijay has become the first north India to get famous Kamban Academy award.

The BJP MP from Uttarakhand received the award from Justice Rama V Subramniyam at Karaikudi — the samadhi place of Kavi Chakravarty Kamban, the immortal author of Tamil Ramayana.

This is the first time that the highly prestigious ‘Aruntamizh Aarvalar Award’ is given to any non-tamil person by Kamban Academy.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The  Times of India / Home> City> Chennai / TNN / April 02nd, 2015