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