Legacy
The Malayalam movie "Punarjanmam" (1972), Tamil movie "Maru piravi" (1973) and Telugu film "ninthakatha" were made on the basis of his case diary.
Bharathiya Yuktivadi Sangam declared a national award called 'A. T. Kovoor Award for the secular artist'. The first recipient was the legendary Indian film star Kamal Haasan in acknowledgment of his humanist activities and secular life.
His work remains controversial in India. In 2008 Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal (leader of Shiromani Akali Dal) imposed an "immediate ban" on Kovoor's renowned 'God, Demons and Spirits', translated into Punjabi by Megh Raj Mitter. Basava Premanand is regarded as Kovoor's spiritual successor, at least in India.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)