Narsinh Mehta Award

Narsinh Mehta Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award
Awarded forPresented for the contribution in Gujarati literature
Sponsored byNarsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Reward(s)1,51,000
First awarded1999
Last awarded2019
Highlights
Total awarded26
First winnerRajendra Shah
Last winnerKamal Vora

Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and 1,51,000.[1]

The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.[2]

  1. ^ NMA 2011 Archived 2015-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Narinh Mehta Award 2011 information on Rupayatan's Blog.
  2. ^ Narsinh Mehta Award 2013 Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Rupayatan Blog: Narsinh Mehta Award 2013