Recipients of the
Prestigious Mahaveer Award Over the Years
Lord Mahaveer is the 24th teacher in the
Jain tradition and was an apostle of Ahimsa (non violence). These awards have
been presented to individuals and organisations who have shown exceptional
compassion for our animal friends.
8th
June 1986 in Croydon
Late Neville Hall of Croydon who was very
active in the Vegetarian Society for many years.
5th
July 1987 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London
Late Peter Roberts founder of Compassion
in Farming
David Whiting. He exposed many illegal
abuses of animals and continues to do so. He is the step son of Lord Dowding
commander of the battle of Britain. Lady Dowding his mother was the founder of
Beauty without Cruelty.
9th
August 1987, Southampton
Southampton Animal Aid at Southampton
Hindu Temple.
1990
the first ever vegetarian rally in Hyde Park
Juliet Gelately who went on to form Viva!
The highly effective animal rights and vegetarian organisation.
1991
Alexandra Palace
Compassion in World Farming and
Kerry Brown of World Wildlife Fund
1992
Hyde Park
Professor Andrew Lindsey
Late Maxwell Lea. Maxwell was a leading
figure in the UK Vegetarian Society as well as the International Vegetarian
Union.
Robb Johnson famous musician and ardent
campaigner for animal rights and vegetarianism.
1993
Alexandra Palace
Late Tony Banks MP and ardent animal
rights campaigner.
Hillary Nimmo
1994
Southall Vegetarian Festival
Dave and Helen who took on the mighty
McDonalds and inspired countless people to fight against all odds! Their epic
battle with McDonalds is the longest legal battle in British history!
Spike Milligan
1995
Hyde Park
Jill Phipps (posthumously). Jill died in a
tragic accident while fighting the desperate fight to stop the export of calfs
to Europe from Coventry.
Late Vicky Moore who was severely wounded
while trying to stop a bull fighting event in Spain.
Rossie Catford.
Michael Mansfield QC. Michael speaks out
for animals and is a proud vegetarian.
Carla Lane famous TV personality dedicated
totally to animals.
1996
Hyde Park
Georgina Kennedy,
Molga Salvalaggio and late
Michael Sutcliffe who was a veteran campaigner
for animal rights and active member of Animal Aid and Viva!
1999
Hyde Park
Joan Court who has inspired a whole
generation of people to fight for animal rights.
Francisco Martin a leading figure in the
International Vegetarian Movement.
Heather James, the Vegetarian Society of
UK, the Vegan Society of UK, Animal Aid, Viva, the Fox Project, PETA, Compassion
in World Farming.
2001
Trafalgar Square
Late Lord Weatherill former speaker of
parliament.
Tony Benn (veteran politician)
Pat Mear, Croydon Vegan Activist
Jane Cuthbert
Eileen Clarke
Kaylie Day and
Carol Webb for their love and care of animals at their sanctuary
June
2002, Croydon
Steve Christmas
Kishorebhai Shah (Jivdaya) based in
Antwerpe, Belgium
Parsuram Prabhu for feeding tens of
thousands of people in many parts of the world as part of Food for Life project.
Sue Dickens
Dan Sidley
2003
Croydon
Lord Parsvanath Award presented to Maneka Gandhi
animal rights activist and MP in India
Cambridge 2003
Lord Parsvanath Award presented to Arjuna Wholefoods,
Cambridge
Rainbow Cafe, Cambridge
Lynn Sawyer
Beryl Spence
2004
Hyderabad, India
Dharmaj K. Ranka
2004
Late Arthur Ling
who was first to market Vegan (Soya) milk
Late Donald Watson founder of the Vegan
Society
2005
One Stop Thali, Restaurant & Cafe, Bristol
2006
Houses of Parliament
Swami Ramdev famous Yoga guru and anti
meat campaigner
Sir Mota Singh QC
2007
Houses of Parliament
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar famous Yoga guru with
a huge following
Lord Swaraj Paul
Sri Jaggiji Maharaj famous guru with a
huge following
2007
Croydon
Darren Collis of the Sea Shepherd which
confronts the Japanese fishing vessels hunting for whales in the Atlantic Ocean
2008
Harrow
Dada Vaswani famous guru promoting
vegetarianism everywhere
2008
Chelsea
Supreme Master Ching Hai. Supreme Master
Ching Hai and her followers promote vegetarianism all over the world and they
have 24 hour TV channel promoting vegetarianism and compassion to animals
2008
Alexandra Palace
Mata Amritanandmayi (Amma). Amma is famous
for her hugging devotees and preaching compassion and love towards all. She has
hugged over 35 million people.
2009
Manchester
Leslie Tarleton who runs two animal
sanctuaries.
2010
Nottingham
Pat Smith of the Veggies of Nottingham for
promoting vegan food all over the country. | 
