The Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust is honouring 10 eminent Keralites with the first ‘Sree Sathya Sai Baba Puraskar-2012’ for their contributions to the nation and culture.
The recipients are: Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Metroman E Sreedharan, Communist ideologue P Govinda Pillai, poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma, Philippose Mar Chrysostom Valiya Metropolitan, Bharateeya Vichara Kendram director P Parameswaran, Gandhian P Gopinathan Nair, M V Devan and Ibrahim Vengara. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will present the awards at the valedictory of the 87th birth anniversary celebrations of Sathya Sai Baba at the Sai Gramam, Thonnackal, at 10 a.m. on November 29, Trust executive director K N Anandakumar said. This is the first time such an award is being instituted in the name of Sathya Sai Baba, he said.