Tamil Nadu News

Literary award for 7 non-Hindi languages

January 20 , 2026 14 hrs 0 min 49 0

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced annual literary awards in 7 languages including Tamil, Bengali and Marathi.
In the first phase, award will be given in the name of ‘Semmozhi Illakiya Virudhu’.
It is for the best works in the languages of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odiya, Bengali and Marathi.
The award for each language carries Rs 5 lakh cash prize.”