Awards

After Virakta Dīkṣā

Jnanpith Award (2023)

By Bhartiya Jnanpith, New Delhi

Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award (2021)

By Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

Padmavibhushan Award (2015)

By the Government of India

Tulasi Award (2011)

By Shri Morari Bapu.

Devabhūmi Award (2011)

By the Himachal Pradesh Government.

Śrī Vācaspati Puraskāra (2008)

By the K. K. Birla Foundation for the epic Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam.

Śrī Vāṇī Alaṅkaraṇa Puraskāra (2006)

By the Jaydayal Dalmiya Shri Vani Trust.

Bāṇabhaṭṭa Award (2006)

By the Saṃskṛta Board, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit (2005)

By the Sahitya Akademi for the epic Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam.

Bādarāyaṇa Puraskāra (2004)

By the then President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Rājaśekhara Sammāna (2003)

By the Madhya Pradesh Saṃskṛta Academy.

Bhaurao Devras Award (2008)

By the Bhaurao Devras Seva Nyas, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Diwaliben Mehta Award (2003)

By the Diwaliben Mehta Charitable Trust for Progress in religion and culture.

Ativiśiṣṭa Puraskāra (2003)

By the Uttar Pradesh Saṃskṛta Saṃsthāna.

Kavikularatna (2002)

By Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.

Mahāmahopādhyāya (2001)

By the Lal Bahadur Shastri Saṃskṛta Vidyapeeth, New Delhi.

Dharmacakravartī (1998)

By the Parliament of World’s Religions Chicago.

Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya (1988, 1989, 1995)

By the Kāśī Vidvat Pariṣat, (Varanasi), Rāmānanda Sampradāya (Prayag) and Digambara Akhārā (Ayodhya).

Śrīcitrakūṭatulasīpīṭhādhīśvara (1987)

By sadhus and saints for founding the Tulsi Peeth.

In Purvāśrama

Gold Medal, Ācārya (1976)

By the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.

Chancellor’s Gold Medal (1975)

At the Akhila Bhāratīya Saṃskṛta Vāda Vivāda Pratiyogitā, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.

Gold Medal, Śāstrī (1973)