Shanthigiri Ashram organising secretary Swami Gururatnam Jnanathapaswi inaugurated the Sreeramotsav awards function organised by the Kalanidhi Centre for Arts, Culture and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, in association with the Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Kozhikode at Gayathri Kalyana Mandapam here on Sunday.
The awards were presented to Nedumangad Sasidharan Nair, M.T. Rajamani, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri (music), Thayagaraj (spiritual discourse), M.V. Poulose, E.D. Usman Koya (social work), P.R. Nathan (literature), A. Ramanathan (health), and Priyadarshan Lal (education).
Competitions for school and college students in Ramayanam recitation, Bharatnatyam, and painting were held, a press release issued here on Tuesday said.