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What this is
Through the "Scheme for Giving Awards to Traditional Artists", awards are conferred to the participant artists whose works are adjudged outstanding among the entries at the State-level Traditional Art Exhibition conducted by the Kuzhu. The awarded works are put on display for public view.
In detail
"Scheme for Giving Awards to Traditional Artists" was launched by the Art and Culture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. Through this scheme, awards are conferred to the participant artists whose works are adjudged outstanding among the entries at the State-level Traditional Art Exhibition conducted by the Kuzhu. The awarded works are put on display for public view in the exhibition. The applications are accepted offline in the prescribed form available at the Oviya Nunkalai Kuzhu.
Who qualifies
- The applicant should be an artist.
- The artist should be a native of Tamil Nadu by continuous residence for not less than 5 years.
- The artist should be in the field of creating artworks like tanjore paintings, glass paintings, traditional paintings, wood carvings, metal sculptures, etc.
What you get
Prize Money of ₹5,000/- per artist is given to 10 artists.
not about the scheme.
Provenance
| schemeName | Scheme for Giving Awards to Traditional Artists | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |