{
  "id": 1993885,
  "title": "12 personalities get Puthiyathalaimurai’s Tamilan Awards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/12-personalities-get-puthiyathalaimurais-tamilan-awards",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/12-personalities-getputhiyathalaimurais-tamilan-awards/article71365955.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Twelve individuals from various fields received the Tamilan Awards from Puthiyathalaimurai at the 13th edition, which took place at the Chennai Trade Centre. The Achiever Award winners included T.K. Chandiran, CEO and Managing Director of SCM Group of Companies; K. Thangaraj, a molecular geneticist and population scientist; Lakshmi Vijayakumar, a psychiatrist and founder of SNEHA; Thota Tharani, an art director and painter; S. Ramakrishnan, a writer; and Mohammed Riaz, a former captain of the Indian Hockey Team. Promising Talent Award winners were Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace; Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO of Agnikul Cosmos; Nimal Raghavan, an environmentalist and water conservationist; P.S. Vinothraj, a filmmaker and screenwriter; Samyuktha Maya, a writer and poet; and Thulasimathi Murugesan, an Indian para-badminton player. The 2026 edition of the Tamilan Awards will be broadcast on Puthiyathalaimurai at 9:15 PM on August 22 and 2 PM on August 23.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Twelve personalities awarded at 13th Tamilan Awards ceremony",
    "Achiever Award winners include T.K. Chandiran and K. Thangaraj",
    "Promising Talent Award winners include Agnishwar Jayaprakash and Thulasimathi Murugesan"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}