The maiden Swami Anandatheerthan Award was presented to writer Perumal Murugan by critic M.K. Sanoo at a simple event at Changampuzha Park on Tuesday.
Organised by Prabodha Trust and Anandatheerthan Samskarika Kendram, the event was also an occasion to recall the stupendous efforts undertaken by Swami Anandatheerthan in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to fight caste bias.
Pushpavathy, singer and vice chairperson of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, rendered the reformative poems of Poikayil Appachan and Perumal Murugan, among others, to set the tone of the event.
