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The '''Kural Peedam Award''' ({{langx|ta|குறள் பீடம் விருது}}) is a lifetime achievement presidential award given to eminent scholars of [[classical Tamil]]. The award was instituted in 2005 by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] under the aegis of the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in [[India]].<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=71998 Press Information Bureau, India]</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/presidential-awards-for-classical-tamil-presented/article5219483.ece | title=Presidential awards for classical Tamil presented | date=10 October 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=22 August 2020}}</ref> Two awards are presented annually, one for a person of Indian origin and another for a scholar of non-Indian origin. the award includes of a cash prize of {{INR}}500,000 (just over US$8,000), a citation, and a shawl.<br />
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==Recipients==<br />
* Dr. [[George L. Hart]] (2005–2006)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.cict.in/pdf/en_awards.pdf |title=LIST OF AWARDEES WITH CITATIONS |access-date=2013-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045009/http://en.cict.in/pdf/en_awards.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* Dr. Jaroslav Vacek<br />
* Dr. [[John Ralston Marr]]<br />
* Professor Francois Gros (2008–2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1484395.ece#.UwC8zoVmy0I |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303183320/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1484395.ece#.UwC8zoVmy0I |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2014 |title=Tamil scholar from France gets award |publisher=The New Indian Express |access-date=2014-03-27}}</ref><br />
* Dr. Eva Wilden<ref>Gazette_of_India (21–27 Feb 2015, page 102)</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Thiruvalluvar Award]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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