Vishnupuram Award

Vishnupuram Award is a literary award instituted by "The Vishnupuram Ilakkiya Vattam"(Vishnupuram Literary Circle), a group of readers of Tamil writer Jeyamohan. The award was named after the writer's famous novel in Tamil, "Vishnupuram". This award was initiated to honour the under-recognized pioneers and senior writers in Tamil literature. This contains cash award of Rs 1,00,000 and a memento, a book on the author will be published and a documentary on the awardee release during the occasion.