• Kunju Pillai Kavitha Award for Poetry
      in 1986, for 'Naranathu Bhranthan'.
• K.Balakrishnan Award in 1991, for     'Bharatheeyam'.
• Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in
      1993, for his collection of poems,     titled 'Naranathu Bhranthan'.

 Membership in Cultural Bodies

• Member, Advisory Board, Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.
• Member, Kerala Sahitya Academy.
• Member, Managing Committee, Asan Memorial, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Member, C.V. Raman Pillai National Foundation.
• Member, Drisyavedi, Thiruvananthapuram.
  
  Fields of interest
  
  
• Indology
• Folklore
• Lexicography
• Music- Indian, esp. South Indian(carnatic music)
• Literature
  
  Countries visited
  
       U.K., USA, Gulf countries                                     

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