Mahaveer Awards
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 calf’s
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.
2011
House of Parliament, London
• His Holiness Brahmrishi Shree Kumar Swamiji of the Veggies of Nottingham for
promoting vegan food all over the country.
2012
Harrow London
• Maharaz Tarlochan Das Jee of the Veggies of Nottingham for
promoting vegan food all over the country.