List of awards and honours received by Rambhadracharya

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a sermon in Baroda, Gujarat, India
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Rambhadracharya

This is a comprehensive list of awards and nominations won by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya. Rambhadracharya is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar, writer and commentator and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India.

Rambhadracharya is the head of Tulsi Peeth, and the lifelong chancellor of the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.[1][2][3] Rambhadracharya has been blind since the age of two months, but has never used Braille or any other aid to learn or compose.[4] He can speak 22 languages.[5][6] He has authored more than 90 books and 50 papers.[7] He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on Tulsidas in India,[8] and is the editor of a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas.[9] He is a Katha artist for the Ramayana and the Bhagavata. His Katha programmes are held regularly in different cities in India and other countries, and are telecast on television channels like Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.[10]

Rambhadracharya has been honoured by several personalities and politicians, including A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Somnath Chatterjee, Shilendra Kumar Singh, M. Channa Reddy, P. N. Bhagwati, Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Morari Bapu, Joseph Kurien and Indira Gandhi.[2][11]

In 2015, Rambhadracharya was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.[12] He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, the Shreevani Alankaran, the Banabhatta award and the Vachaspati award for his epic Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam.[5] He has received eight gold medals in Shastri and Acharya examinations.[13]

Awards and honors bestowed on Rambhadracharya are listed below.

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  2. ^ a b "Address at the Presentation of the 'Twelfth and Thirteenth Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, 2005 & 2006', New Delhi, 18 January 2007". Speeches. The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2011. Swami Rambhadracharya ... is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement. ... His academic accomplishments are many and several prestigious Universities have conferred their honorary degrees on him. A polyglot, he has composed poems in many Indian languages. He has also authored about 75 books on diverse themes having a bearing on our culture, heritage, traditions and philosophy which have received appreciation. A builder of several institutions, he started the Vikalanga Vishwavidyalaya at Chitrakoot, of which he is the lifelong Chancellor.
  3. ^ Shubhra (12 February 2010). "जगद्गुरु रामभद्राचार्य विकलांग विश्वविद्यालय" [Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University]. Bhāratīya Pakṣa (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ Aneja 2005, p. 67.
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  6. ^ Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
  7. ^ Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43.
  8. ^ Prasad 1999, p. xiv: "Acharya Giridhar Mishra is responsible for many of my interpretations of the epic. The meticulousness of his profound scholarship and his extraordinary dedication to all aspects of Rama's story have led to his recognition as one of the greatest authorities on Tulasidasa in India today ... that the Acharya's knowledge of the Ramacharitamanasa is vast and breathtaking and that he is one of those rare scholars who know the text of the epic virtually by heart."
  9. ^ Rambhadracharya (ed) 2006.
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  11. ^ Special Correspondent (20 February 2008). "Selected for Birla Foundation awards". The Hindu. India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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