12 personalities get Puthiyathalaimurai’s Tamilan Awards

12 personalities obtain Puthiyathalaimurai's Tamilan Awards Published – August 20, 2026 12: 00 am IST – Chennai.

Key points

• The Tamilan Awards 2026 will be telecast on Puthiyathalaimurai at 9.15 p.m.
• Twelve personalities from diverse fields won laurels at the 13th edition of Puthiyathalaimurai's Tamil Awards held at the Chennai Trade Centre lately.
• Vinothraj, filmmaker and screenwriter; Samyuktha Maya, writer and poet; and Thulasimathi Murugesan, Indian para-badminton player.
• The winners of the Achiever Award are T.K.

For context, the winners of the Achiever Award are T.K. Chandiran, Chairman and Managing Director, SCM Group of Firms; K. Thangaraj, molecular geneticist and population scientist; Lakshmi Vijayakumar, psychiatrist and founder of SNEHA; Thota Tharani, art director and painter; S. Ramakrishnan, writer; and Mohammed Riaz, former captain of the Indian Hockey Team.

Those who won the Promising Talent Award are Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder and CEO, Garuda Aerospace; Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO, Agnikul Cosmos; Nimal Raghavan, environmentalist and water conservationist; P.S. Vinothraj, filmmaker and screenwriter; Samyuktha Maya, writer and poet; and Thulasimathi Murugesan, Indian para-badminton player.

In practice, the Tamilan Awards 2026 will be telecast on Puthiyathalaimurai at 9.15 p.m. On August 22 and 2 p.m. On August 23.

In short, 12 personalities get Puthiyathalaimurai's Tamilan Awards is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.