Noted Hindi Poet Girdhar Rathi gets the 20th Bihari Puraskar for the year 2010 for his poetry collection Anta Ke Sanshaya. It carries an award of one lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque. Out of the three literary awards instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 1991, the Bihari Puraskar is for the Rajasthani writers. This award is given every year to an outstanding work in Hindi or Rajasthani literary works published during the last ten years by a Rajasthani writer.