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Joravarsinh Jadav

Indian folklorist

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born
1940
died
2025
age at death
85
known for
folklorist, children's writer

1940 – 2025

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Joravarsinh Danubhai Jadav was an Indian folklorist and proponent of the folk arts from Gujarat. Exposed to folk culture as a child, he studied history and culture in Ahmedabad. He wrote and edited more than 90 works on folk culture, folk literature, and folk arts. He established the Gujarat Lok Kala Foundation for the promotion of folk arts. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019. He was also the Vice-chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

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