Kerala government on Monday announced the first set of awardees of the newly-establishes top state honours, namely, the Kerala Jyothi, Kerala Prabha and Kerala Sree.
Writer MT Vasudevan Nair will be honoured with the Kerala Jyothi award.
Actor Mammotty, plawright and novelist Omchery N N Pillai, T Madhava Menon are selected for Kerala Prabha.
Kerala Sree award will be honoured to science writer and activist MP Parameswaran, biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, magician Gopinath Muthukad, sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman, industrialist Kochouseph Chittilappilly and singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi.
