Law Minister Moily bags Moortidevi Award for literary skills

Veerappa Moily’s Ramayana Mahaniveshanam, which is considered as the best Kannada translation of the Ramayana after Kuvempu’s, has won him a Moortidevi Award. One of the most prestigious literary awards after the Bharatiya Jnanpitha award, it is presented every year for a contemplative or creative work which expresses, underlines and illumines human values rooted in the broad vision of Indian philosophy and cultural heritage.