Awards & Honours
Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award
▪ Writer Vishnupuram Saravanan has been awarded the Bal Sahitya Puraskar of the Sahitya
Akademi for 2025 in the Tamil language category for his children’s novel Otrai Siragu Oviya.
▪ Published in 2019 by Books for Children, an imprint of Bharathi Puthakalayam, the novel blends elements of fantasy, ecology, and socio-political themes.
▪ He is currently associated with children’s magazine initiatives of the Tamil Nadu School Education Department.
Books & Authors
Varalaru Koorum Tamil Nattu Kaasugal Book
▪ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister released two volumes of a book titled Varalaru Koorum Tamil Nattu Kaasugal (Coins that speak Tamil Nadu History)
▪ It was written by Minister for Finance Thangam Thennarasu and numismatic researcher Arumuga Sitharaman.
▪ The book sheds light on the different types of coins that have been in use in the Tamil landscape over the past 2,000 years and how they have evolved throughout history.
