Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram
The Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram is the award given by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Government of Kerala every year to people who show excellence in the field of art and culture. The award is named after Raja Ravi Varma, the Indian Malayali painter and artist. The Kerala state Government had originally instituted this annual award to honour outstanding Kerala painters and sculptors in 2001 and the first recipient is K G Subramanian.
