Lavanam
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Goparaju Ramachandra Lavanam (10 October 1930 – 14 August 2015), known popularly as G. Lavanam or Lavanam, was an Indian social reformer and Gandhian. He worked to remove untouchability in Indian society. He was an atheist and co-founded the Samskar institution with his wife Hemalatha Lavanam. Chennupati Vidya and G. Samaram are his siblings.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 2
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- Mānavatāpathaṃpai sāgāli manaṃ
- Of Gandhi, atheism, and social experimentalism
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- India
- Place of death
- Vijayawada
- Spouse
- Hemalatha Lavanam
- Father
- Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
- Mother
- Saraswathi Gora
- Sibling
- Chennupati Vidya
- Occupation
- author
- Native language
- Telugu
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Jamnalal Bajaj Award
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- date of death
- 2015-08-14
- date of birth
- 1930-10-10
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Goparaju Ramachandra Lavanam (10 October 1930 – 14 August 2015), known popularly as G. Lavanam or Lavanam, was an Indian social reformer and Gandhian. He worked to remove untouchability in Indian society. He was an atheist and co-founded the Samskar institution with his wife Hemalatha Lavanam. Chennupati Vidya and G. Samaram are his siblings.
==Life== He was born to atheist leader Goparaju Ramachandra Rao "Gora" and Saraswathi Gora on 10 October 1930. He began social work at the age of 12 under the guidance of his father. He was the interpreter of Vinoba Bhave during his land reform movement in Andhra Pradesh and parts of Orissa. He married outside his caste to Hemalatha Lavanam, daughter of noted poet Gurram Joshua, in 1960 at Sevagram.
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