Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation
The Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation is an Indian charitable trust that promotes arts, sciences, literature, medicine, journalism, humanities and other intellectual pursuits and to honour distinguished persons in these fields. Established in 1979 in Madras by Late P. V. Ramaniah Raja, a businessman, the foundation instituted the 'Raja-Lakshmi Award'.
Erstwhile the Raja–Lakshmi Award carried a prize amount of ₹1,00,000, a citation and a plaque. The awardees also received the Dr. K. V. Rao and Dr. Jyoti Rao Award of US$2000, in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey, USA. The Foundation has also instituted the 'Ratna Rao Memorial Prize' which is awarded annually to the best student in M.Sc. Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. In 2025, the Foundation resumed the presentation of the "Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar”.
History
The organisation, along with the Raja–Lakshmi Award, instituted awards such as the Raja–Lakshmi Literary Award and "Recognise the Teacher" Award. Special awards have also been announced on a one-off basis. 'Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar' was instituted in 1994, coinciding with the 60th birthday of Smt. Mahalakshmi Raja, founder trustee of the Foundation. This Award honours Vedic scholars, and consists of a Citation, a plaque and a cash prize of ₹25,000/-.These Awards were announced on August 15 every year and presented at a function on November 19 in the same year.
Activities
The Foundation is now actively involved in charitable work in areas of Education, Education improvement, Environment, Health, Culture and assistance for special children.Recipients
Raja-Lakshmi Award
Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award
| Year | Awardee |
| 1987 | Ravuri Bharadwaja |
| 1988 | Nagabhairava Koteswara Rao |
| 1989 | Tirumala Ramachandra |
| 1990 | Ramavarapu Krishnamurthy Sastry |
| 1991 | Boyi Bhimanna |
| 1992 | Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu |
| 1993 | Mikkilineni |
| 1994 | P. S. R. Appa Rao |
| 1995 | Mullapudi Venkata Ramana |
| 1996 | Malati Chandur |
| 1997 | Mallampalli Sarabheswara Sarma |
| 1998 | K. Ramalakshmi |
| 1999 | Kothapalli Veerabhadra Rao & Dwivedula Visalakshi |
Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskar
| Year | Awardee |
| 1994 | Brahmasri Lanka Venkata Ramasastry Somayaji |
| 1995 | Brahmasri Sannidhanam Lakshminarayana Sastry |
| 1996 | Brahmasri Dendukoori Agnihotra Somayaji |
| 1997 | Brahmasri Remella Suryaprakasa Sastry |
| 1998 | Goda Subrahmanya Sastry |
| 1999 | Brahmasri Bhamidipati Mitranarayana Yajulu |
| 2000 | Dendukuri Venkatappa Yagnanarayana Poundarika Yajulu & Samavedam Ramagopala Sastry |
| 2001 | Brahmasri Gullapalli Anjaneya Ghanapaati |
| 2002 | Brahmasri Evani Ramakrishna Ghanaapati |
| 2003 | Brahmasri Adithe Suryanarayana Murty |
| 2004 | Dr. Vishnubhatla Subrahmanya Sastry |
| 2005 | ‘Veda Vibushana’ Kuppa Siva Subrahmanya Avadhani |
| 2006 | Sripada Srirama Nrusimha & Sripada Krishnamurthy Ghanaapati |
| 2007 | Gullapalli Venkata Narayana Ghanaapati |
| 2008 | R. Venkatrama Ghanapaati |
| 2009 | Vangala Ramamurthy Ghanapaati |
| 2010 | Dendukuri Venkata Hanumadganaapati Somayaji |
| 2011 | Yanamandra Subrahmanya Somayajulu |
| 2012 | Vishnubhotla Sriramamurthy Sastry |
| 2013 | Kuppa Ramagopala Vajpeyi |
| 2014 | Dendukuri Venkateswara Ghanapaati |
| 2025 | Gullapalli Sitamaramachandra Murthy Ghanapaati |
Memorial lectures delivered
| Year | Awardee |
| 2002 | A. Prasanna Kumar |
| 2003 | Ajeya Kallam |
| 2004 | Dr. B.P. Rajan |
| 2005 | T.V. Sairam & B.M. Rao |
| 2006 | K. Sivaprasad Gupta |
| 2007 | K. Chaya Devi, Dr. K. Venkateswarulu & T.A. Venkateswaran |
| 2008 | Dr. Perala Balamurali |
| 2009 | Dr. Kanthamani Sundharkrishnan |
Publications
| S.No. | Year | Name of Publication | Author |
| 01 | 1985 | Bhaja Govindam | Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao |
| 02 | 1986 | Sundara Kandamu | Usha Sri |
| 03 | 1987 | Leela Krishnudu | Indraganti Srikantha Sarma |
| 04 | 1988 | Nityarchana | Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao |
| 05 | 1990 | Sri Mata | Sri Mataji Thyagisanandapuri |
| 06 | 1992 | Aatma Bodha | Karidehal Venkata Rao |
| 07 | 1996 | Sanatsu Jateeya Sourabham | Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma |
| 08 | 2000 | Sivananda Lahari Hamsa | Prof.Salaaka Raghunadha Sarma |
| 09 | 2006 | Pratibha Panchamrutham | Rambhatla Nrusimha Sarma |
| 10 | 2006 | Ramadas and Thyagaraja | Prof. A. Prasanna Kumar |