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Folklore researcher C.R. Rajagopalan no more
The Hindu
He authored many works on folk arts and culture
Folklore researcher, writer, and teacher C.R. Rajagopalan died at a private hospital here on Monday due to COVID-19. He was 64. He worked as Associate Professor at Kerala Varma College , Thrissur, and was Dean at the University of Kerala.
Mr. Rajagopalan, who had contributed immensely to the development of folk arts and culture, had won awards of the Kerala Folklore Academy and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.
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