Kalapi Award

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| awarded_for = Excellence in Gujarati ghazal poetry

| sponsor = INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts & Research

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| location = Mumbai

| country = India

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| reward = {{INR}} 25000

| year = 1997

| year2 = 2019

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| holder = Udayan Thakker

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The Kalapi Award (Gujarati:કલાપી ઍવોર્ડ) is an annual award given to Gujarati ghazal poets. It was founded by the INT Aditya Birla Centre for Performing Arts and Research. The award is named after Gujarati poet Kalapi, circa 1900 Thakor (prince) Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil of Lathi state in Gujarat.. The amount of {{INR}} 25000 is awarded to recognize and promote Gujarati ghazal poets.Trivedi, Ramesh. M. (2005) Gujarati Sahityano Itihaas. (History of Gujarati Literature). Ahmedabad: Adarsh Prakashan