The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed the handing of an award by the Guruvayoor Devasom Board (GDB) to the Chief Minister's Press Adviser Prabha Varma for his magnum opus 'Shyama Madhavam'. ' Shyama Madhavam ' is a verse novel that revolves around Lord Krishna and the lives of those who come across him during his earthly sojourn, which the poet says is not as many believe, a series of ecstasies but agonies.The GDB, which manages Guruvayoor's famous Sree Krishna Temple, was to confer on Friday the Poonthanam Jnanappana award. The court said that the cultural programme associated with the award ceremony can however be held.