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Ravi Mohan picks up Palakkad's Devi Ratna; Keneeshaa performs

Ravi Mohan received the Devi Ratna at Palakkad's Meenkulathi Temple's Utsav 2026, cited for Ponniyin Selvan. Partner-singer Keneeshaa headlined the live set.

By IR Desk

Ravi Mohan in a maroon kurta receiving the Devi Ratna trophy on stage at the Pallassana Pazhayakavu Sree Meenkulathi Bhagavathi Temple in Palakkad, flanked by trustees and dignitaries, with sparklers in the foreground
Ravi Mohan holds the Devi Ratna trophy on the Utsav 2026 stage in Palakkad, the fourth recipient of the temple trust's annual cultural award.

Ravi Mohan was handed the fourth Devi Ratna Award at the Pallassana Pazhayakavu Sree Meenkulathi Bhagavathi Temple in Palakkad on Monday, the institution’s annual recognition of figures across art, culture and public life. The citation read his Arunmozhi Varman in the Ponniyin Selvan films first, and then a broader nod to his two decades in Tamil cinema and the audience reach the role brought him. The award is instituted by the temple’s Bhagavathy Devaswom Trust and carries a cash component of ₹1,00,001, a gold insignia, a citation and a commemorative plaque.

Ravi Mohan walks the customary temple procession into the Utsav 2026 grounds, in a maroon kurta under a ceremonial umbrella, with locals carrying lamps along the route.
Ravi Mohan walks the customary temple procession into the Utsav 2026 grounds, in a maroon kurta under a ceremonial umbrella, with locals carrying lamps along the route.

The presentation followed the standard temple-festival format, with sparklers, flower-petal showers and the Utsav 2026 stage drawing former Nenmara MLA K Babu, newly elected MLA K Preman, Chittur MLA Sumeesh Achuthan, and trustees and patrons from the Kerala-Tamil Nadu cultural circuit. Accepting the award, Ravi Mohan spoke about the cultural legacy of the Meenkulathi shrine and the Devaswom Trust, kept the response brief and stayed for the music that followed.

Ravi Mohan on stage with the trophy as flower-petals and sparklers come down, flanked by the trustees who instituted the award.
Ravi Mohan on stage with the trophy as flower-petals and sparklers come down, flanked by the trustees who instituted the award.

The other on-stage draw of the evening was singer Keneeshaa, who took the stage with her band for a live set. Keneeshaa is Ravi Mohan’s partner off-stage, and the temple’s pairing of his award with her performance read more as a family billing than two separate slots on the programme. The set ran a mix of devotional pulls and stage-band numbers.

Keneeshaa fronting her band at Utsav 2026; the singer is Ravi Mohan's off-stage partner, making the night a double family billing.
Keneeshaa fronting her band at Utsav 2026; the singer is Ravi Mohan's off-stage partner, making the night a double family billing.

Ravi Mohan was last on screen as the IPS officer in Sudha Kongara’s Parasakthi alongside Sivakarthikeyan, Sreeleela and Atharvaa. His slate ahead runs Karathey Babu, Genie, and the project formerly titled Bro Code. He is also preparing his directorial debut, An Ordinary Man, with Yogi Babu in the lead.

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