Narsinh Mehta Award

Narsinh Mehta Award
The idol of Narsinh Mehta presented as an award
Awarded by Narsinh Mehta Shahitya Nidhi Trust
Category	Literature
Description
Description	presented for the contribution in Gujarati literature
Statistics
Instituted	1999
First awarded	1999
Last awarded	2016
Total awarded	19
Cash award	₹1,51,000
First awardee(s)	Rajendra Shah
Last awardee(s)	Jalan Matri

Narsinh Mehta Award (Gujarati: નરસિંહ મહેતા પુરસ્કાર) is one of the highest awards of Gujarati literature. The award is conferred upon Gujarati language author by Adyakavi Narsinh Mehta Sahitya Nidhi, Junagadh, Gujarat. The award is held at corpuscle of Sharad Purnima, mostly at Rupayatan, Junagadh. The award was instituted in 1999. The recipient is presented the idol of Narsinh Mehta and ₹1,51,000.

The award of 2013 was conferred upon Nalin Raval and Harikrushna Pathak on 18 October 2013 at Rupayatan.